[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 95 (Thursday, June 1, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1929-S1930]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 115. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3746, to provide for a responsible increase to the 
debt ceiling; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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

       (a) In General.--Section 205(r) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 405(r)), as amended by section 801(a) of title 
     VIII of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
     2021 (Public Law 116-260), is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new paragraph:
       ``(12) Beginning December 28, 2026, 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

[[Page S1930]]

     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 paying or administering agency authorized to use the 
     working system.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on December 27, 2023.
                                 ______