[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4330 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4330

  To provide for the collection of death information from States for 
     purposes of the Do Not Pay Initiative, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2020

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the collection of death information from States for 
     purposes of the Do Not Pay Initiative, 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. COLLECTION OF DEATH INFORMATION FROM STATES.

    Not later than January 1, 2023, the head of the agency operating 
the Do Not Pay working system described in section 3354(c) of title 31, 
United States Code, shall establish a program under which--
            (1) States (or political subdivisions thereof) voluntarily 
        contract with the head of such agency to furnish such agency 
        head periodically with information (in a form established by 
        such agency head in consultation with the States) concerning 
        individuals with respect to whom death certificates (or 
        equivalent documents maintained by the States or subdivisions) 
        have been officially filed with them;
            (2) such information, and access for its use, shall be 
        included through the Do Not Pay Initiative under such section; 
        and
            (3) each State (or political subdivision thereof) which 
        furnishes the head of such agency with such information may be 
        paid by such agency head from amounts available for 
        administration of this Act the reasonable costs (established by 
        such agency head in consultations with the States) for 
        transcribing and transmitting such information to such agency 
        head.
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