[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2492 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2492

 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to improve coordination 
 between the Do Not Pay working system and Federal and State agencies 
                     authorized to use the system.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 2023

Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Carper) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to improve coordination 
 between the Do Not Pay working system and Federal and State agencies 
                     authorized to use the system.

    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 ``Ending Improper Payments to Deceased 
People Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING COORDINATION BETWEEN FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES AND 
              THE DO NOT PAY WORKING SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 801(a) of title VIII of division FF of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) is amended 
by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
            ``(7) by adding at the end the following paragraph:
    ```(11) Upon the completion of the 3-year period that begins on 
December 27, 2023, the Commissioner of Social Security shall, to the 
extent feasible, provide information furnished to the Commissioner 
under paragraph (1) to the agency operating the Do Not Pay working 
system described in section 3354(c) of title 31, United States Code, or 
an agent thereof, to prevent improper payments to deceased individuals 
through a cooperative arrangement with such agency, provided that the 
requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) are met with 
respect to such arrangement with such agency. Under such arrangement, 
the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system, or an agent 
thereof, may compare the information so provided by the Commissioner 
with personally identifiable information derived from a Federal system 
of records or similar records maintained by a Federal contractor, a 
Federal grantee, or an entity administering a Federal program or 
activity, and may redisclose such comparison of information, as 
appropriate, to any Federal or State agency authorized to use the 
working system.'.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 801(b)(2) of title VIII of 
division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 
116-260) is amended by striking ``on the date that is 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``December 28, 2026''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on December 28, 2026.
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