[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2332. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. 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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