[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3594 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3594

  To amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the Social 
   Security Trust Funds from overpayment discharge during bankruptcy 
                  proceedings, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

   Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself and Ms. Jenkins of Kansas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the Social 
   Security Trust Funds from overpayment discharge during bankruptcy 
                  proceedings, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Debt Recovery Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF THE TREATMENT OF OVERPAYMENTS.

    Section 207 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 407) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) The amount of any overpayment of benefits to an individual 
under this title, and any obligation of the individual to repay such 
overpayment, shall be determined solely under this title.
    ``(2) No other provision of law, including title 11 of the United 
States Code, may be construed to limit, supersede, or otherwise modify 
the provisions of this subsection except to the extent that it does so 
by express reference to this subsection.''.
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