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I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 886IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 31, 2025Mr. Rulli (for himself, Mr. Graves, and Mr. Webster of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration from garnishing social security benefits with respect to certain named individuals of covered loans who are victims of identity theft, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Beat Bad Bureaucrats Act.

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Protection of Social Security benefits from garnishment in certain cases of identity theft

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding section 3716(c)(3)(A)(i) of title 31, United States Code, the Administrator may not, with respect to a covered loan, garnish payments made to the named individual of such covered loan under section 202 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402 et seq.) for the purposes of repayment of such covered loan.(b)

Exception

Subsection (a) does not apply if the Administrator determines that the named individual is not a victim of identity theft.(c)

Revision of rule

Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall revise section 140.11(e)(1) of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, to add to the list of notice requirements in such section information about how to report identity theft to the Administrator.(d)

Definitions

In this section:(1)

Administrator

The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.(2)

Covered loan

The term covered loan means—(A)a loan made under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)); or(B)a loan made under section 7(b) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) in response to COVID–19 during the covered period (as defined in section 1110(a) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9009).(3)

Named individual

The term named individual means an individual—(A)under whose name a covered loan was fraudulently made; and(B)that has notified the Administrator, using the procedure posted on a public website of the Small Business Administration, that such individual is a victim of identity theft with respect to such covered loan.