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Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on the re-
sults of periodic onsite reviews conducted during the fiscal 
year pursuant to clause (i) and of any other reviews of 
representative payees conducted during such fiscal year in 
connection with benefits under this title. Each such report 
shall describe in detail all problems identified in the re-
views and any corrective action taken or planned to be 
taken to correct the problems, and shall include—
‘‘(I) the number of the reviews; 
‘‘(II) the results of such reviews; 
‘‘(III) the number of cases in which the rep-
resentative payee was changed and why; 
‘‘(IV) the number of cases involving the exercise 
of expedited, targeted oversight of the representative 
payee by the Commissioner conducted upon receipt 
of an allegation of misuse of funds, failure to pay a 
vendor, or a similar irregularity; 
‘‘(V) the number of cases discovered in which 
there was a misuse of funds; 
‘‘(VI) how any such cases of misuse of funds 
were dealt with by the Commissioner; 
‘‘(VII) the final disposition of such cases of 
misuse of funds, including any criminal penalties im-
posed; and
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‘‘(VIII) such other information as the Commis-
sioner deems appropriate.’’.
SEC. 103. DISQUALIFICATION FROM SERVICE AS REP-
RESENTATIVE 
PAYEE 
OF 
PERSONS 
CON-
VICTED OF OFFENSES RESULTING IN IMPRIS-
ONMENT FOR MORE THAN 1 YEAR OR FLEE-
ING PROSECUTION, CUSTODY, OR CONFINE-
MENT. 
(a) TITLE II AMENDMENTS.—Section 205(j)(2) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)(2)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (III); 
(B) by redesignating subclause (IV) as 
subclause (VI); and 
(C) by inserting after subclause (III) the 
following new subclauses: 
‘‘(IV) obtain information concerning whether 
such person has been convicted of any other offense 
under Federal or State law which resulted in impris-
onment for more than 1 year, 
‘‘(V) obtain information concerning whether 
such person is a person described in section 
202(x)(1)(A)(iv), and’’;
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(2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a 
of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 
Federal or State law (other than section 6103 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 1106(c) of this 
Act), the Commissioner shall furnish any Federal, State, 
or local law enforcement officer, upon the written request 
of the officer, with the current address, social security ac-
count number, and photograph (if applicable) of any per-
son investigated under this paragraph, if the officer fur-
nishes the Commissioner with the name of such person 
and such other identifying information as may reasonably 
be required by the Commissioner to establish the unique 
identity of such person, and notifies the Commissioner 
that—
‘‘(I) such person is described in section 
202(x)(1)(A)(iv), 
‘‘(II) such person has information that is nec-
essary for the officer to conduct the officer’s official 
duties, and 
‘‘(III) the location or apprehension of such per-
son is within the officer’s official duties.’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C)(i)(II), by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (B)(i)(IV),,’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
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graph 
(B)(i)(VI)’’ 
and 
striking 
‘‘section 
1631(a)(2)(B)(ii)(IV)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
1631(a)(2)(B)(ii)(VI)’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (C)(i)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
clause (II); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subclause (III) and inserting a comma; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclauses: 
‘‘(IV) such person has previously been convicted 
as described in subparagraph (B)(i)(IV), unless the 
Commissioner determines that such certification 
would be appropriate notwithstanding such convic-
tion, or 
‘‘(V) such person is person described in section 
202(x)(1)(A)(iv).’’. 
(b) TITLE VIII AMENDMENTS.—Section 807 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1007) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (F); and
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(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) obtain information concerning wheth-
er such person has been convicted of any other 
offense under Federal or State law which re-
sulted in imprisonment for more than 1 year; 
‘‘(E) obtain information concerning wheth-
er such person is a person described in section 
804(a)(2); and’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 
552a of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
provision of Federal or State law (other than section 
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and sec-
tion 1106(c) of this Act), the Commissioner shall 
furnish any Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
officer, upon the written request of the officer, with 
the current address, social security account number, 
and photograph (if applicable) of any person inves-
tigated under this subsection, if the officer furnishes 
the Commissioner with the name of such person and 
such other identifying information as may reason-
ably be required by the Commissioner to establish
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the unique identity of such person, and notifies the 
Commissioner that—
‘‘(A) such person is described in section 
804(a)(2), 
‘‘(B) such person has information that is 
necessary for the officer to conduct the officer’s 
official duties, and 
‘‘(C) the location or apprehension of such 
person is within the officer’s official duties.’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (d)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (C) and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) such person has previously been con-
victed as described in subsection (b)(2)(D), un-
less the Commissioner determines that such 
payment would be appropriate notwithstanding 
such conviction; or 
‘‘(E) such person is a person described in 
section 804(a)(2).’’.
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(c) 
TITLE
XVI 
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1631(a)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)(B)) is 
amended—
(1) in clause (ii)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (III);
(B) by redesignating subclause (IV) as 
subclause (VI); and 
(C) by inserting after subclause (III) the 
following new subclauses: 
‘‘(IV) obtain information concerning whether 
the person has been convicted of any other offense 
under Federal or State law which resulted in impris-
onment for more than 1 year; 
‘‘(V) obtain information concerning whether 
such person is a person described in section 
1611(e)(4)(A); and’’; 
(2) in clause (iii)(II)—
(A) by striking ‘‘clause (ii)(IV)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘clause (ii)(VI)’’; and 
(B) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
205(j)(2)(B)(i)(IV)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
205(j)(2)(B)(i)(VI)’’; 
(3) in clause (iii)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
clause (II); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subclause (III) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclauses: 
‘‘(IV) the person has previously been convicted 
as described in clause (ii)(IV) of this subparagraph, 
unless the Commissioner determines that the pay-
ment would be appropriate notwithstanding the con-
viction; or 
‘‘(V) such person is a person described in sec-
tion 1611(e)(4)(A).’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(xiv) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a 
of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 
Federal or State law (other than section 6103 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 1106(c) of this 
Act), the Commissioner shall furnish any Federal, State, 
or local law enforcement officer, upon the written request 
of the officer, with the current address, social security ac-
count number, and photograph (if applicable) of any per-
son investigated under this subparagraph, if the officer 
furnishes the Commissioner with the name of such person
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and such other identifying information as may reasonably 
be required by the Commissioner to establish the unique 
identity of such person, and notifies the Commissioner 
that—
‘‘(I) such person is described in section 
1611(e)(4)(A), 
‘‘(II) such person has information that is nec-
essary for the officer to conduct the officer’s official 
duties, and 
‘‘(III) the location or apprehension of such per-
son is within the officer’s official duties.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the first day of the thir-
teenth month beginning after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—The Commissioner 
of Social Security, in consultation with the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Social Security Administration, shall prepare 
a report evaluating whether the existing procedures and 
reviews for the qualification (including disqualification) of 
representative payees are sufficient to enable the Commis-
sioner to protect benefits from being misused by represent-
ative payees. The Commissioner shall submit the report 
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the
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Senate no later than 270 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. The Commissioner shall include in such 
report any recommendations that the Commissioner con-
siders appropriate. 
SEC. 104. FEE FORFEITURE IN CASE OF BENEFIT MISUSE 
BY REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES. 
(a) TITLE II AMENDMENTS.—Section 205(j)(4)(A)(i) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)(4)(A)(i)) is 
amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘A’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Except as provided in the next sentence, 
a’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘A qualified organization may not collect a fee from an 
individual for any month with respect to which the Com-
missioner of Social Security or a court of competent juris-
diction has determined that the organization misused all 
or part of the individual’s benefit, and any amount so col-
lected by the qualified organization for such month shall 
be treated as a misused part of the individual’s benefit 
for purposes of paragraphs (5) and (6). The Commis-
sioner’’.
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(b) 
TITLE
XVI 
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1631(a)(2)(D)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)(D)(i)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘A’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Except as provided in the next sentence, 
a’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Commissioner’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘A 
qualified organization may not collect a fee from an 
individual for any month with respect to which the 
Commissioner of Social Security or a court of com-
petent jurisdiction has determined that the organiza-
tion misused all or part of the individual’s benefit, 
and any amount so collected by the qualified organi-
zation for such month shall be treated as a misused 
part of the individual’s benefit for purposes of sub-
paragraphs (E) and (F). The Commissioner’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to any month involving benefit mis-
use by a representative payee in any case with respect to 
which the Commissioner of Social Security or a court of 
competent jurisdiction makes the determination of misuse 
after 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 105. LIABILITY OF REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES FOR 
MISUSED BENEFITS. 
(a) TITLE II AMENDMENTS.—Section 205(j) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)) (as amended by 
sections 101 and 102) is amended further—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), and 
(9) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), respectively; 
(2) in paragraphs (2)(C)(v), (3)(F), and (4)(B), 
by striking ‘‘paragraph (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (10)’’;
(3) in paragraph (6)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (10)’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7)(A) If the Commissioner of Social Security or a 
court of competent jurisdiction determines that a rep-
resentative payee that is not a Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment agency has misused all or part of an individual’s 
benefit that was paid to such representative payee under 
this subsection, the representative payee shall be liable for 
the amount misused, and such amount (to the extent not 
repaid by the representative payee) shall be treated as an 
overpayment of benefits under this title to the representa-
tive payee for all purposes of this Act and related laws 
pertaining to the recovery of such overpayments. Subject 
to subparagraph (B), upon recovering all or any part of
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such amount, the Commissioner shall certify an amount 
equal to the recovered amount for payment to such indi-
vidual or such individual’s alternative representative 
payee. 
‘‘(B) The total of the amount certified for payment 
to such individual or such individual’s alternative rep-
resentative payee under subparagraph (A) and the amount 
certified for payment under paragraph (5) may not exceed 
the total benefit amount misused by the representative 
payee with respect to such individual.’’. 
(b) TITLE VIII AMENDMENT.—Section 807 of such 
Act (as amended by section 102(b)(2)) is amended further 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) LIABILITY FOR MISUSED AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Commissioner of So-
cial Security or a court of competent jurisdiction de-
termines that a representative payee that is not a 
Federal, State, or local government agency has mis-
used all or part of a qualified individual’s benefit 
that was paid to such representative payee under 
this section, the representative payee shall be liable 
for the amount misused, and such amount (to the 
extent not repaid by the representative payee) shall 
be treated as an overpayment of benefits under this 
title to the representative payee for all purposes of
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this Act and related laws pertaining to the recovery 
of such overpayments. Subject to paragraph (2), 
upon recovering all or any part of such amount, the 
Commissioner shall make payment of an amount 
equal to the recovered amount to such qualified indi-
vidual or such qualified individual’s alternative rep-
resentative payee. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The total of the amount 
paid to such individual or such individual’s alter-
native representative payee under paragraph (1) and 
the amount paid under subsection (i) may not ex-
ceed the total benefit amount misused by the rep-
resentative payee with respect to such individual.’’. 
(c) TITLE XVI AMENDMENTS.—Section 1631(a)(2) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)) (as amended by sec-
tion 102(b)(3)) is amended further—
(1) in subparagraph (G)(i)(II), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 205(j)(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 205(j)(10)’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (H) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(H)(i) If the Commissioner of Social Security or a 
court of competent jurisdiction determines that a rep-
resentative payee that is not a Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment agency has misused all or part of an individual’s
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benefit that was paid to the representative payee under 
this paragraph, the representative payee shall be liable for 
the amount misused, and the amount (to the extent not 
repaid by the representative payee) shall be treated as an 
overpayment of benefits under this title to the representa-
tive payee for all purposes of this Act and related laws 
pertaining to the recovery of the overpayments. Subject 
to clause (ii), upon recovering all or any part of the 
amount, the Commissioner shall make payment of an 
amount equal to the recovered amount to such individual 
or such individual’s alternative representative payee. 
‘‘(ii) The total of the amount paid to such individual 
or such individual’s alternative representative payee under 
clause (i) and the amount paid under subparagraph (E) 
may not exceed the total benefit amount misused by the 
representative payee with respect to such individual.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to benefit misuse by a representa-
tive payee in any case with respect to which the Commis-
sioner of Social Security or a court of competent jurisdic-
tion makes the determination of misuse after 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 106. AUTHORITY TO REDIRECT DELIVERY OF BENEFIT 
PAYMENTS WHEN A REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE 
FAILS TO PROVIDE REQUIRED ACCOUNTING. 
(a) TITLE II AMENDMENTS.—Section 205(j)(3) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)(3)) (as amend-
ed by sections 102(a)(1)(B) and 105(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 
(F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) In any case in which the person described in 
subparagraph (A) or (D) receiving payments on behalf of 
another fails to submit a report required by the Commis-
sioner of Social Security under subparagraph (A) or (D), 
the Commissioner may, after furnishing notice to such 
person and the individual entitled to such payment, re-
quire that such person appear in person at a field office 
of the Social Security Administration serving the area in 
which the individual resides in order to receive such pay-
ments.’’.
(b) TITLE VIII AMENDMENTS.—Section 807(h) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1007(h)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
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‘‘(3) AUTHORITY TO REDIRECT DELIVERY OF 
BENEFIT
PAYMENTS
WHEN
A
REPRESENTATIVE 
PAYEE
FAILS
TO
PROVIDE
REQUIRED
ACCOUNT-
ING.—In any case in which the person described in 
paragraph (1) or (2) receiving benefit payments on 
behalf of a qualified individual fails to submit a re-
port required by the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity under paragraph (1) or (2), the Commissioner 
may, after furnishing notice to such person and the 
qualified individual, require that such person appear 
in person at a United States Government facility 
designated by the Social Security Administration as 
serving the area in which the qualified individual re-
sides in order to receive such benefit payments.’’. 
(c) 
TITLE
XVI 
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1631(a)(2)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)(C)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(v) In any case in which the person described in 
clause (i) or (iv) receiving payments on behalf of another 
fails to submit a report required by the Commissioner of 
Social Security under clause (i) or (iv), the Commissioner 
may, after furnishing notice to the person and the indi-
vidual entitled to the payment, require that such person 
appear in person at a field office of the Social Security
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Administration serving the area in which the individual 
resides in order to receive such payments.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle B—Enforcement 
SEC. 111. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY AUTHORITY WITH RE-
SPECT TO WRONGFUL CONVERSIONS BY REP-
RESENTATIVE PAYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1129(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–8) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Any person (including an organization, agency, 
or other entity) who, having received, while acting in the 
capacity of a representative payee pursuant to section 
205(j), 807, or 1631(a)(2), a payment under title II, VIII, 
or XVI for the use and benefit of another individual, con-
verts such payment, or any part thereof, to a use that 
such person knows or should know is other than for the 
use and benefit of such other individual shall be subject 
to, in addition to any other penalties that may be pre-
scribed by law, a civil money penalty of not more than 
$5,000 for each such conversion. Such person shall also 
be subject to an assessment, in lieu of damages sustained 
by the United States resulting from the conversion, of not
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more than twice the amount of any payments so con-
verted.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to violations com-
mitted after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—PROGRAM 
PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 201. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY AUTHORITY WITH RE-
SPECT TO KNOWING WITHHOLDING OF MATE-
RIAL FACTS. 
(a) TREATMENT OF WITHHOLDING OF MATERIAL 
FACTS.—
(1) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 1129(a)(1) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–8(a)(1)) 
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘who’’ in the first sentence 
and inserting ‘‘who—’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘makes’’ in the first sen-
tence and all that follows through ‘‘shall be sub-
ject to,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) makes, or causes to be made, a statement 
or representation of a material fact, for use in deter-
mining any initial or continuing right to or the 
amount of monthly insurance benefits under title II 
or benefits or payments under title VIII or XVI,
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that the person knows or should know is false or 
misleading, 
‘‘(B) makes such a statement or representation 
for such use with knowing disregard for the truth, 
or 
‘‘(C) omits from a statement or representation 
for such use, or otherwise withholds disclosure of, a 
fact which the person knows or should know is mate-
rial to the determination of any initial or continuing 
right to or the amount of monthly insurance benefits 
under title II or benefits or payments under title 
VIII or XVI, if the person knows, or should know, 
that the statement or representation with such omis-
sion is false or misleading or that the withholding of 
such disclosure is misleading, 
shall be subject to,’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘or each receipt of such 
benefits or payments while withholding disclo-
sure of such fact’’ after ‘‘each such statement 
or representation’’ in the first sentence; 
(D) by inserting ‘‘or because of such with-
holding of disclosure of a material fact’’ after 
‘‘because of such statement or representation’’ 
in the second sentence; and
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(E) by inserting ‘‘or such a withholding of 
disclosure’’ after ‘‘such a statement or rep-
resentation’’ in the second sentence. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR IMPOS-
ING PENALTIES.—Section 1129A(a) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320a–8a(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘who’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘who—’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘makes’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘shall be subject to,’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) makes, or causes to be made, a statement 
or representation of a material fact, for use in deter-
mining any initial or continuing right to or the 
amount of monthly insurance benefits under title II 
or benefits or payments under title XVI that the 
person knows or should know is false or misleading, 
‘‘(2) makes such a statement or representation 
for such use with knowing disregard for the truth, 
or 
‘‘(3) omits from a statement or representation 
for such use, or otherwise withholds disclosure of, a 
fact which the person knows or should know is mate-
rial to the determination of any initial or continuing 
right to or the amount of monthly insurance benefits
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under title II or benefits or payments under title 
XVI, if the person knows, or should know, that the 
statement or representation with such omission is 
false or misleading or that the withholding of such 
disclosure is misleading, 
shall be subject to,’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF RECOVERED 
AMOUNTS.—Section 1129(e)(2)(B) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320a–8(e)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘In the 
case of amounts recovered arising out of a determination 
relating to title VIII or XVI,’’ and inserting ‘‘In the case 
of any other amounts recovered under this section,’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 1129(b)(3)(A) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320a–8(b)(3)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘charging fraud or false statements’’. 
(2) Section 1129(c)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320a–8(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and
representations’’ and inserting ‘‘, representations, or 
actions’’. 
(3) Section 1129(e)(1)(A) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320a–8(e)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘statement or representation referred to in sub-
section (a) was made’’ and inserting ‘‘violation oc-
curred’’.
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to violations com-
mitted after the date on which the Commissioner imple-
ments the centralized computer file described in section 
202. 
SEC. 202. ISSUANCE BY COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECU-
RITY OF RECEIPTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUB-
MISSION OF REPORTS OF CHANGES IN WORK 
OR EARNINGS STATUS OF DISABLED BENE-
FICIARIES. 
Effective as soon as possible, but not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, until such 
time as the Commissioner of Social Security implements 
a centralized computer file recording the date of the sub-
mission of information by a disabled beneficiary (or rep-
resentative) regarding a change in the beneficiary’s work 
or earnings status, the Commissioner shall issue a receipt 
to the disabled beneficiary (or representative) each time 
he or she submits documentation, or otherwise reports to 
the Commissioner, on a change in such status.
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SEC. 203. DENIAL OF TITLE II BENEFITS TO PERSONS FLEE-
ING PROSECUTION, CUSTODY, OR CONFINE-
MENT, AND TO PERSONS VIOLATING PROBA-
TION OR PAROLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Prisoners’’ and 
all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘Pris-
oners, Certain Other Inmates of Publicly Funded In-
stitutions, Fugitives, Probationers, and Parolees’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(IV), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(3) in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a comma; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1)(A)(iii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iv) is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody 
or confinement after conviction, under the laws of 
the place from which the person flees, for a crime, 
or an attempt to commit a crime, which is a felony 
under the laws of the place from which the person 
flees, or which, in the case of the State of New Jer-
sey, is a high misdemeanor under the laws of such 
State, or 
‘‘(v) is violating a condition of probation or pa-
role imposed under Federal or State law.
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In the case of an individual from whom such monthly ben-
efits have been withheld pursuant to clause (iv) or (v), 
the Commissioner may, for good cause shown, pay such 
withheld benefits to the individual.’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a 
of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 
Federal or State law (other than section 6103 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 1106(c) of this 
Act), the Commissioner shall furnish any Federal, State, 
or local law enforcement officer, upon the written request 
of the officer, with the current address, Social Security 
number, and photograph (if applicable) of any beneficiary 
under this title, if the officer furnishes the Commissioner 
with the name of the beneficiary, and other identifying in-
formation as reasonably required by the Commissioner to 
establish the unique identity of the beneficiary, and noti-
fies the Commissioner that—
‘‘(i) the beneficiary—
‘‘(I) is described in clause (iv) or (v) of 
paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(II) has information that is necessary for 
the officer to conduct the officer’s official du-
ties; and