[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 874 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 874

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for exceptions to the 
   requirement that all Federal payments be made by electronic funds 
                               transfer.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 1997

  Mr. Faircloth (for himself and Mr. Shelby) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for exceptions to the 
   requirement that all Federal payments be made by electronic funds 
                               transfer.

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

SECTION 1. EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENT FOR PAYMENT OF FEDERAL PAYMENTS BY 
              ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER.

    (a) Election by Recipient.--Section 3332(f) of title 31, United 
States Code (as added by section 31001(x) of Public Law 104-134; 110 
Stat. 1321-887), is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3),''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3)(A) This subsection does not apply to payments made or 
authorized under--
            ``(i) title II of the Social Security Act, except that a 
        recipient of those payments may send written notification to 
        the Commissioner of Social Security authorizing such payments 
        to be made by electronic funds transfer; or
            ``(ii) chapter 11, 13, or 15 of title 38, except that a 
        recipient of payments under such chapter may send written 
        notification to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs authorizing 
        such payments to be made by electronic funds transfer.
    ``(B) Notification to the Commissioner of Social Security or the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs under subparagraph (A) shall contain the 
information described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (g).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 3332(j) of title 31, United 
States Code (as added by section 31001(x) of Public Law 104-134; 110 
Stat. 1321-890) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``section--'' and inserting ``section, the 
        following definitions shall apply:'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) 
                as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and 
                indenting accordingly;
                    (B) by striking ``payments' includes--'' and 
                inserting the following: ``payments'--
                    ``(A) includes--'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (A)(iii), as redesignated, by 
                striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; 
                and
                    (D) by striking ``Such term'' and all that follows 
                through ``1986.'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) does not include--
                            ``(i) any payment under the Internal 
                        Revenue Code of 1986;
                            ``(ii) payments made or authorized under 
                        title II of the Social Security Act, except to 
                        the extent that a recipient of such payments 
                        authorizes such payments to be made by 
                        electronic funds transfer, as provided in 
                        subsection (f)(3)(A); or
                            ``(iii) payments made or authorized under 
                        chapter 11, 13, or 15 of title 38, except to 
                        the extent that a recipient of such payments 
                        authorizes such payments to be made by 
                        electronic funds transfer, as provided in 
                        subsection (f)(3)(B).''.
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