Stopping Payments to the Deceased Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7696 To ensure that the Secretary of the Treasury provides for the integration of Social Security Administration death records in the databases used for verifying eligibility for payments. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 21, 2020 Mr. CURTIS (for himself, Mr. PERRY, Mr. BUDD, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. BUCK, and Mrs. LESKO) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To ensure that the Secretary of the Treasury provides for the integration of Social Security Administration death records in the databases used for verifying eligibility for payments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stopping Payments 4 to the Deceased Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:06 Aug 06, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7696.IH H7696 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7696 IH SEC. 2. INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRA- 1 TION DEATH RECORDS IN TREASURY DATA- 2 BASES FOR VERIFYING ELIGIBILITY FOR PAY- 3 MENTS. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury or 5 the Secretary’s designee (hereafter in this section referred 6 to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall ensure that Social Security 7 Administration death records are integrated into the rel- 8 evant databases used by the Secretary for verifying eligi- 9 bility for payments made under programs administered by 10 the Secretary, including tax refunds. 11 (b) PERIODIC DISCLOSURE.—Notwithstanding sec- 12 tion 205(r)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 13 405(r)(3)) or any other provision of law, the Commis- 14 sioner of Social Security shall periodically disclose (at such 15 times and in such manner as the Administrator and Sec- 16 retary shall jointly agree) Social Security Administration 17 death records to the Secretary for the purpose of carrying 18 out subsection (a). 19 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DEATH 20 RECORDS.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Social 21 Security Administration death records’’ means all infor- 22 mation regarding all deceased individuals furnished to or 23 maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security, in- 24 cluding such records collected and maintained pursuant 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:06 Aug 06, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7696.IH H7696 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7696 IH to section 205(r)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1 405(r)(1)). 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:06 Aug 06, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7696.IH H7696 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS