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H.R. 5214 116th Congress House

Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to prevent fraud by representative payees.

Introduced: November 21, 2019 Introduced by: Rashida Tlaib Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditingDisability and paralysisEmployee benefits and pensionsFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2020
Signed by President.
Mar 18, 2020
Became Public Law No: 116-126.
Mar 9, 2020
Presented to President.
Mar 4, 2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 3, 2020
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1444)
Mar 3, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Feb 10, 2020
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Feb 5, 2020
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 5, 2020
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H806-807)
Feb 5, 2020
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Feb 5, 2020
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5214.
Feb 5, 2020
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H806-808)
Feb 5, 2020
Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 19, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 21, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Nov 21, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 18, 2020

Became Public Law No: 116-126.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019

This bill prohibits a representative payee (i.e., a person designated to receive payments on behalf of a minor, a mentally incompetent individual, or an individual under other legal disability) from embezzling or converting the amounts received from certain retirement funds.

If the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) determines that a representative payee has embezzled or converted payments from the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System for a use other than the benefit of the individual on whose behalf such payments were received, OPM shall (1) revoke the certification for payment of benefits to the representative payee, and (2) certify payment to another representative payee or to the individual.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1430 Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5214: Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5214/
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"H.R. 5214: Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5214/.
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H.R. 5214, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5214/.
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