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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8265 
To amend the Social Security Act to require a 120-day period between 
notice of an overpayment of benefits under titles II and XVI and begin-
ning recovery of such overpayment, and to require the Commissioner 
of Social Security to submit a report to Congress on a strategy related 
to recovery of such overpayments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2024 
Ms. CARAVEO (for herself and Mr. ALLRED) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Social Security Act to require a 120-day 
period between notice of an overpayment of benefits 
under titles II and XVI and beginning recovery of such 
overpayment, and to require the Commissioner of Social 
Security to submit a report to Congress on a strategy 
related to recovery of such overpayments. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Over-
payment Fairness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NOTICE REQUIREMENT. 
(a) TITLE II AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 204(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
404) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘With respect’’ and inserting 
‘‘(i) With respect’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) In the case of a payment to a person of 
more than the correct amount, the Commissioner 
shall commence proper adjustment or recovery not 
earlier than 120 days after providing notice to the 
individual of the payment of more than the correct 
amount.’’. 
(b) TITLE XVI AMENDMENT.—Section 1631(b)(1) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(b)(1)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) In the case of a payment of more than the cor-
rect amount of benefits, the Commissioner shall commence 
proper adjustment or recovery not earlier than 120 days 
after providing notice to the individual of the payment of 
more than the correct amount.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act, and shall be effective with respect to overpayments 
under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act that 
are outstanding on or after such date. 
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SEC. 3. REPORT ON STRATEGIES FOR OVERPAYMENT RE-
COVERY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall sub-
mit to Congress a strategy relating to the recovery of over-
payments of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance 
benefits under title II of the Social Security Act and sup-
plemental security income benefits under title XVI of such 
Act. The strategy shall seek to achieve the objectives that 
follow: 
(1) Improving the process of reviewing changes 
in information reported by beneficiaries; 
(2) Expanding efforts to limit discrepancies in 
accuracy resulting from beneficiaries self-reporting 
information; 
(3) Improving efforts to prevent and track over-
payments to beneficiaries. 
(4) Ensuring due process is followed in recov-
ering overpayments. 
(5) Improving and increasing written and oral 
communication between the Social Security Adminis-
tration and beneficiaries in relation to the recovery 
of overpayments. 
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(6) Propose fair and reasonable benefit with-
holding amounts designed to avoid undue financial 
strain on beneficiaries. 
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