[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 156 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 156

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that recently enacted 
    provisions requiring payment of Federal benefits in the form of 
   electronic funds transfers do not apply with respect to benefits 
payable under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program 
               under title II of the Social Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. English of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that recently enacted 
    provisions requiring payment of Federal benefits in the form of 
   electronic funds transfers do not apply with respect to benefits 
payable under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program 
               under title II of the Social Security Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FOR OASDI BENEFITS FROM MANDATORY PAYMENT IN FORM 
              OF ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS.

    Paragraph (3) of section 3332(j) of title 31, United States Code 
(added by section 31001(x)(1)(A) of the Omnibus Consolidated 
Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Debt Collection Improvement 
Act of 1996; Public Law 104-134)) is amended in the last sentence by 
inserting after ``1986'' the following: ``or any benefit payment under 
the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under title II 
of the Social Security Act''.
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