parental leave benefits under this section, including 
procedures for the submission of such proof or docu-
mentation as the Commissioner may require to 
verify the information contained in such an applica-
tion. 
‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT.—In any case in which an 
individual willfully, knowingly, and with intent to de-
ceive the Commissioner of Social Security fails to 
comply with the procedures established under para-
graph (1), the Commissioner may impose on such in-
dividual, in addition to any other penalties that may 
be prescribed by law— 
‘‘(A) a civil monetary penalty of not more 
than $7,500 for each such failure; and 
‘‘(B) an assessment, in lieu of any dam-
ages sustained by the United States because of 
such failure, of not more than twice the amount 
of the cost to the Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund of any parental 
leave benefit paid to the individual. 
‘‘(f) BENEFIT REPAYMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is paid 
a parental leave benefit under this section shall 
repay the full cost of such benefit to the Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund (as 
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such amount is determined by the Commissioner) in 
accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) OLD-AGE INSURANCE BENEFIT OFFSET.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (3), in the case of any individual de-
scribed in paragraph (1) who becomes entitled 
to an old-age insurance benefit, deductions shall 
be made from each monthly payment of such 
benefit (not to exceed the first 60 such monthly 
payments) in such amounts, subject to subpara-
graph (B), as the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity shall determine necessary to fully recover 
the cost to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund of any parental leave 
benefit paid to the individual as of the month 
in which the individual becomes entitled to an 
old-age insurance benefit. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than the 
beginning of each calendar year, the Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall notify each indi-
vidual whose old-age insurance benefits are sub-
ject to a deduction under subparagraph (A) 
during such calendar year of the amount of the 
deduction that will be applied to each monthly 
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payment of such benefits during the calendar 
year. 
‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE INCREASE OF RETIREMENT 
AGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any in-
dividual described in paragraph (1) who be-
comes entitled to an old-age insurance benefit, 
such individual may elect, at the time of appli-
cation for such benefit, to be subject to a retire-
ment age increase in accordance with this para-
graph. Such election shall be irrevocable, and 
an individual who makes such an election shall 
not be subject to a deduction under paragraph 
(2) for any month. 
‘‘(B) RETIREMENT AGE INCREASE.—Not-
withstanding section 216(l)(1), with respect to 
an individual who makes an election under sub-
paragraph (A), the retirement age of such indi-
vidual shall be deemed to be— 
‘‘(i) the retirement age determined 
with respect to the individual under such 
section; plus 
‘‘(ii) the additional number of months 
the Commissioner of Social Security shall 
determine necessary to result in the full re-
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covery of the cost to the Federal Old-Age 
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund of 
any parental leave benefit paid to the indi-
vidual and not yet repaid pursuant to 
paragraph (2) as of the month in which 
the individual becomes entitled to an old- 
age insurance benefit. 
‘‘(4) OTHER
RECOVERY
METHODS.—In any 
case in which the Commissioner of Social Security 
determines that the cost to the Federal Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund of a parental leave 
benefit paid to an individual cannot be fully recov-
ered pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3)— 
‘‘(A) such benefit shall be deemed, upon 
the making of such determination, to be a pay-
ment of more than the correct amount for pur-
poses of section 204; and 
‘‘(B) the Commissioner may recover such 
amounts by means of any method available to 
the Commissioner under such section. 
‘‘(5) PROJECTION OF REPAYMENT AMOUNT.— 
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this section, the Commissioner shall establish a 
system to make available through an Internet 
website or other electronic media to each individual 
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who is paid a parental leave benefit under this sec-
tion, beginning with the first month beginning after 
the individual’s benefit period the projected amount 
of the deduction to be made from each of the first 
60 monthly payments of old-age insurance benefits 
under paragraph (2), or if the individual so elects, 
the additional number of months by which the indi-
vidual’s retirement age would be increased under 
paragraph (3), in order to fully repay the cost to the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund of any parental leave benefit paid to the indi-
vidual, and a description of the assumptions used by 
the Commissioner in making such projection. 
‘‘(g) RELATIONSHIP WITH STATE LAW; EMPLOYER 
BENEFITS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section does not pre-
empt or supersede any provision of State or local 
law that authorizes a State or political subdivision to 
provide paid parental or family medical leave bene-
fits similar to the benefits provided under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) GREATER BENEFITS ALLOWED.—Nothing 
in this Act shall be construed to diminish the obliga-
tion of an employer to comply with any contract, col-
lective bargaining agreement, or employment benefit 
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