Stopping Payments to the Deceased Act

Stopping Payments to the Deceased Act

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to ensure that Social Security death records are integrated into databases used by Treasury to verify taxpayer eligibility for payments, including tax refunds.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7696 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7696

     To ensure that the Secretary of the Treasury provides for the 
  integration of Social Security Administration death records in the 
         databases used for verifying eligibility for payments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2020

 Mr. Curtis (for himself, Mr. Perry, Mr. Budd, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. King of 
Iowa, Mr. Steube, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Williams, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Buck, 
 and Mrs. Lesko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
     To ensure that the Secretary of the Treasury provides for the 
  integration of Social Security Administration death records in the 
         databases used for verifying eligibility for payments.

    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 ``Stopping Payments to the Deceased 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DEATH RECORDS IN 
              TREASURY DATABASES FOR VERIFYING ELIGIBILITY FOR 
              PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's 
designee (hereafter in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') 
shall ensure that Social Security Administration death records are 
integrated into the relevant databases used by the Secretary for 
verifying eligibility for payments made under programs administered by 
the Secretary, including tax refunds.
    (b) Periodic Disclosure.--Notwithstanding section 205(r)(3) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(3)) or any other provision of 
law, the Commissioner of Social Security shall periodically disclose 
(at such times and in such manner as the Administrator and Secretary 
shall jointly agree) Social Security Administration death records to 
the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out subsection (a).
    (c) Social Security Administration Death Records.--For purposes of 
this section, the term ``Social Security Administration death records'' 
means all information regarding all deceased individuals furnished to 
or maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security, including such 
records collected and maintained pursuant to section 205(r)(1) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(1)).
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