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Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

Introduced: July 25, 2023 Introduced by: Kennedy, John Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Dec 2, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653.
Dec 2, 2024
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-252.
May 15, 2024
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

This bill permanently allows the Department of the Treasury to access certain death records maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to prevent improper payments to deceased individuals.

Current law requires the SSA to share its Death Master File with the Do Not Pay system maintained by Treasury for three years. The bill makes this requirement permanent, and it allows Treasury to compare SSA death records with personally identifiable information from other federal records systems and to share these comparisons with any federal or state agency that is authorized to use the Do Not Pay system.

What's happening now December 2, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653.

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