3.0.0 1360 2023-01-11T13:24:23Z 2023-01-11T13:24:23Z Senate S S 2013-07-24 113 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2013-12-12T19:37:41Z Markup by 2013-07-31T13:13:55Z Referred to 2013-07-24T21:01:35Z S. Rept. 113-124 Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2013 113 3555 HR 2013-11-20 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2014-09-19 15:18:23 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2014-09-19 12:03:31 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2014-09-19 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2014-09-18 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2014-09-18 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2014-09-18 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5877) Floor 2013-12-12 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 260. Calendars 2013-12-12 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 113-124. Committee 2013-12-12 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 113-124. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2013-07-31 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2013-07-24 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2013-07-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. N C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2013-07-24 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2013-07-29 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2013-07-29 False J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2013-07-30 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2013-07-31 False Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Census and government statistics Congressional oversight Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Postal service Public contracts and procurement Social security and elderly assistance State and local finance Veterans' pensions and compensation Government Operations and Politics 00 2013-07-24 Introduced in Senate 2013-11-27T19:08:48Z Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 to require the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to: (1) establish and maintain the National Deaths Registry to provide information relating to the deaths of individuals for the purpose of supporting the Do Not Pay Initiative and otherwise preventing, identifying, or recovering improper payments; (2) enter into cooperative agreements with federal agencies, including Inspectors General, and states, local and tribal governments to provide information in the Registry to such agencies and entities to prevent and recover improper payments; and (3) implement procedures for identifying and correcting errors in the Registry.

Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to identify each agency that operates or maintains a database relating to federal beneficiaries and annuity recipients. Requires each agency to establish: (1) a data matching procedure to compare agency information with information in the Registry, and (2) a procedure for prompt reporting to the Commissioner of information relating to the death of a recipient of federal benefits or a retirement annuity.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress on data analytics performed as part of the Do Not Pay Initiative and the metrics used in determining whether the analytic and investigatory efforts have reduced improper payments or awards.

Directs OMB to convene a task force of agencies to: (1) identify ways to improve the sharing of information relating to deaths of individuals receiving a federal retirement annuity, (2) share best practices for identifying deceased annuitants, and (3) report to Congress on such efforts.

Requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to provide agencies access to information on delivery addresses, including Commercial Mail Receiving Agency lists of known locations of commercial mail boxes, for purposes of improved detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments.

]]> 35 2014-09-18 Passed Senate amended 2014-11-03T21:25:23Z Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) of the Social Security Act to direct the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to: (1) provide information on all deceased individuals that is furnished to or maintained by the Commissioner, subject to appropriate safeguards against unauthorized use or disclosure, to federal or state agencies providing benefits or administering a federal program; and (2) provide for the use of such information by federal agencies to operate the Do Not Pay working system and to carry out tax administration or debt collection duties.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to analyze and report to Congress on potential alternative sources of death data maintained by non-federal sources.

(Sec. 3) Requires the Secretaries of State and Defense, in coordination with the SSA Commissioner, to establish a procedure for submitting to the Commissioner information on the deaths of individuals.

Requires the OMB Director to: (1) issue guidance to agencies that operate or maintain a database of information relating to beneficiaries, annuity recipients, or other purposes for which improved data matching with databases would be relevant and necessary; (2) develop a plan to assist states and local agencies, and Indian tribes and organizations, to provide information, in an electronic format, to the federal government on the deaths of individuals; and (3) submit to Congress a plan to improve data matching with the federal government on the death of individuals who are benefit recipients and to submit an annual report on the implementation of such requirements.

(Sec. 4) Extends the availability of the Do Not Pay Initiative to the legislative and judicial branches and to the states.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress on: (1) data analytics performed as part of the Do Not Pay Initiative to prevent and recover improper and duplicative payments, and (2) the metrics used in determining whether analytic and investigatory efforts have helped to reduce improper payments or awards.

]]> Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2014 Display Title Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, including making changes to the Do Not Pay initiative, for improved detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2013 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2013 S Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2014 S Senate 3934 113 SAMDT In the nature of a substitute. 2022-02-03T05:46:12Z 2014-09-18 Amendment SA 3934 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 3934 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/113th-congress/senate-amendment/3934 C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 1 1 C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2014-09-18 True 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Senate 113 S Senate S 1360 Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2014 2023-01-11T13:24:23Z 6 2014-09-18 0 Senate Amendment SA 3934 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2014-09-18 0 Senate Amendment SA 3934 proposed by Senator Pryor for Senator Carper. (consideration: CR S5877) In the nature of a substitute. Floor 2014-09-18 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3934 proposed by Senator Pryor for Senator Carper.(consideration: CR S5877) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2014-09-18 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3934 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2014-09-18 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Engrossed in Senate 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1360es/xml/BILLS-113s1360es.xml Reported to Senate 2013-12-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1360rs/xml/BILLS-113s1360rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2013-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1360is/xml/BILLS-113s1360is.xml 2014-09-19 Held at the desk. 15:18:23 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.