3.0.0 2850 2019-11-15T21:57:49Z 2019-11-15T21:57:49Z Senate S S 2008-04-14 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-14T18:21:49Z 2008-04-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-04-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. N M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2008-04-14 True Social Welfare Administrative procedure Department of the Treasury Electronic benefits transfers Federal advisory bodies Garnishment Government Operations and Politics Law Old age, survivors and disability insurance Science, Technology, Communications Social security beneficiaries Social Welfare 00 2008-04-14 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-19T19:35:26Z Illegal Garnishment Prevention Act - Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of the Treasury or the Commissioner of Social Security for FY2009 from being used to promote or otherwise encourage recipients of benefits paid under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to use direct deposit for the payment of such benefits until: (1) the Secretary promulgates rules establishing procedures to ensure that such benefits are protected from attachment and garnishment; and (2) at least five of the seven members of the advisory committee established under this Act concur in advising the Secretary that such procedures provide adequate safeguards.

Establishes a Social Security Benefits Protection from Attachment or Garnishment Advisory Committee.

]]> Illegal Garnishment Prevention Act Short Titles as Introduced Illegal Garnishment Prevention Act Display Title Illegal Garnishment Prevention Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the use of funds to promote the direct deposit of Social Security benefits until adequate safeguards are established to prevent the attachment and garnishment of such benefits. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2850is/xml/BILLS-110s2850is.xml 2008-04-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.