[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 183 (Tuesday, December 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2904]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




INTRODUCTION OF THE ``NO SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FOR PRISONERS ACT OF 
                                 2000''

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                          HON. JOHN S. TANNER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 8, 2009

  Mr. TANNER. Madam Speaker, today, I have introduced legislation that 
will treat retroactive Social Security and Supplemental Security Income 
payments due to prisoners consistent with the way ongoing monthly 
payments are treated.
  The ``No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009'' would 
prevent retroactive Social Security and Supplemental Security Income 
benefit payments from being issued to individuals while they are in 
prison, along with beneficiaries in violation of conditions of parole 
or probation, or who are fleeing to avoid prosecution for a felony or a 
crime punishable by sentence of more than one year.
  The Social Security Act already bars payment of current monthly 
benefits to such individuals. This bill ensures this prohibition 
applies to retroactive benefit payments as well, and allows payments to 
be paid once the beneficiary is no longer prohibited from receiving 
payments under the provisions of this bill.
  I urge my colleagues to support the bill.

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