[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1409 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1409

 To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the provisions 
 requiring payment of Federal benefits in the form of electronic funds 
 transfers shall 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

                             April 14, 1999

Mr. English (for himself, Mr. Rahall, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Taylor of North 
 Carolina, Mrs. Emerson, and Mr. Shows) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the provisions 
 requiring payment of Federal benefits in the form of electronic funds 
 transfers shall 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 THE 
              FORM OF ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS.

    The last sentence of paragraph (3) of section 3332(j) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended 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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