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Union Calendar No. 371 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2716 
[Report No. 119–426] 
To improve coordination between Federal and State agencies and the Do 
Not Pay working system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2025 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
JANUARY 7, 2026 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MEUSER and Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS 
JANUARY 7, 2026 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 8, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To improve coordination between Federal and State agencies 
and the Do Not Pay working system. 
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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 ‘‘Ending Improper Pay-
ments to Deceased People Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVING COORDINATION BETWEEN FEDERAL 
AND STATE AGENCIES AND THE DO NOT PAY 
WORKING SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(r) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)), as amended by section 
801(a)(7) of title VIII of division FF of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), is amend-
ed by striking paragraph (11) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(11) 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 de-
scribed in section 3354(c) of title 31, United States 
Code, for the authorized uses of the Do Not Pay work-
ing system to help prevent improper payments of, and 
support the recovery of improperly paid, benefits or 
other payments 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. 
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The Commissioner of Social Security and the agency 
operating the Do Not Pay working system shall, while 
the data described in the preceding sentence is being 
provided to the agency operating the Do Not Pay 
working system, enter into an agreement based upon 
an agreed upon methodology, which covers the propor-
tional share of State death data costs, which the Com-
missioner of Social Security and the agency operating 
the Do Not Pay working system may periodically re-
view. 
‘‘(12) The Commissioner of Social Security may 
not record a death to a record that may be provided 
under this section for any individual unless the Com-
missioner of Social Security has found it has clear 
and convincing evidence to support that the indi-
vidual should be presumed to be deceased.’’. 
(b) IMPROVING COORDINATION REGARDING INDIVID-
UALS INCORRECTLY IDENTIFIED AS DECEASED.—Section 
205(r)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(7)), 
as added by section 801(a)(4) of title VIII of division FF 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 
116-260), is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A), by striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(C) notify any agency that has a coopera-
tive arrangement with the Commissioner of So-
cial Security under paragraph (3) or (11) of the 
error.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on December 27, 2026. 
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Union Calendar No. 371 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2716 
[Report No. 119–426] 
A BILL 
To improve coordination between Federal and State 
agencies and the Do Not Pay working system. 
JANUARY 7, 2026 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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