[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2371 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2371

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that contracts 
entered into by the Commissioner of Social Security and the States and 
local governments providing for furnishing the Commissioner with death 
  certificate information require that such information be furnished 
                within 30 days after the death involved.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1997

  Mr. Vento introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that contracts 
entered into by the Commissioner of Social Security and the States and 
local governments providing for furnishing the Commissioner with death 
  certificate information require that such information be furnished 
                within 30 days after the death involved.

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

SECTION 1. TIMELY RECEIPT OF DEATH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION.

    Section 205(r)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(1)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``periodically'', and 
        by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraph:
            ``(B) the contracts entered into pursuant to this 
        subsection provide that such information with respect to any 
        death shall be furnished to the Commissioner not later than 30 
        days after the date of the death; and''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with respect to 
contracts entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act 
(including contracts renewed after such date).
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