I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7830 
To provide protections to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income 
beneficiaries relating to extra payments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2020 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
NEAL, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. 
HIGGINS of New York, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. MURPHY of Flor-
ida, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. PORTER, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. 
SCHNEIDER, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. THOMPSON of 
California, and Mr. HORSFORD) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide protections to Social Security and Supplemental 
Security Income beneficiaries relating to extra payments 
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness for Seniors 
and People with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act of 
2020’’. 
SEC. 2. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARY PROTECTIONS RE-
GARDING INCORRECT PAYMENTS DURING 
COVID-19. 
(a) NO LIABILITY OR RECOVERY WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN INCORRECT PAYMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of title II, title VIII, title XI, or title XVI 
of the Social Security Act, in the case of any pay-
ment under title II, title VIII, or title XVI of such 
Act of more than the correct amount for any month 
during the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and 
ending on December 31, 2020 (other than a pay-
ment described in paragraph (2)), no person, estate, 
State, or organization shall be liable for the repay-
ment of the amount of such payment in excess of 
the correct amount and the Commissioner of Social 
Security shall not seek recovery of benefits under 
section 204, 808, 1147, or 1631(b) from any person, 
estate, State, or organization. 
(2) AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO LIABILITY AND RE-
COVERY.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—A payment described in 
this paragraph is a payment of more than the 
correct amount resulting from— 
(i) a conviction for an offense under 
section 208(a), 811, or 1632(a); 
(ii) a redetermination of the entitle-
ment of an individual to benefits made 
under section 205(u) or 1631(e)(7) when 
there is reason to believe that an incorrect 
or incomplete statement that is material to 
determining such entitlement is knowingly 
made or that information that is material 
to the determination is knowingly con-
cealed; or 
(iii) a determination that a represent-
ative payee misused benefits made under 
section 205(j), 807, or 1631(a)(2). 
(B) LIMITATION.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), this paragraph shall not apply with 
respect to any payment of more than the cor-
rect amount resulting from an offense or deter-
mination that occurred before March 1, 2020. 
(b) NOTIFICATIONS; SUSPENSION
OF
RECOVERY 
UPON REQUEST.— 
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(1) RECOVERY
BY
ADJUSTMENT
OF
BENE-
FITS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 
31, 2020, the Commissioner of Social Security 
shall— 
(i) notify each covered individual of 
the opportunity to request that the adjust-
ment of benefits described in subparagraph 
(B) be reduced or suspended during the 
period described in subsection (a)(1); and 
(ii) reduce or suspend (as requested) 
such adjustment immediately upon receipt 
of the request. 
(B) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an 
individual with respect to whom the recovery of 
any payment under title II, title VIII, or title 
XVI of the Social Security Act of more than the 
correct amount (other than a payment de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph 
(a)(2)) is in effect, by adjustment of the indi-
vidual’s monthly benefits or underpayments, for 
any month during the period described in sub-
section (a)(1). 
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(2) 
RECOVERY
BY
INSTALLMENT
AGREE-
MENTS.—Not later than October 31, 2020, the Com-
missioner of Social Security shall notify each party 
owing a debt to the Social Security Administration 
(other than a debt arising from a payment described 
in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (a)(2)) with re-
spect to which an installment agreement is in effect 
of the opportunity to request that the installment 
payments under such agreement be suspended dur-
ing the period described in subsection (a)(1), and 
shall suspend such payments upon request. The 
Commissioner shall deem a debt for which such a 
suspension has been made to be not delinquent dur-
ing such period. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2020, 
the Commissioner of Social Security shall submit a report 
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate describing the Commissioner’s activities under this 
section, including a planned timeframe for the resumption 
of overpayment processing and collection, and any barriers 
or obstacles to that timeframe. 
(d) DEEMED ELIGIBILITY FOR SSI FOR PURPOSES 
OF DETERMINING MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provi-
sion of title XVI or title XIX of the Social Security 
Act (or section 212(a) of Public Law 93–66), each 
individual who receives a covered supplemental pay-
ment for any month during the period described in 
subsection (a)(1) and is subsequently determined to 
be ineligible for such payment shall be deemed to be 
a recipient of supplemental security income benefits 
under title XVI or State supplementary benefits of 
the type referred to in section 1616(a) of such Act 
(or payments of the type described in section 212(a) 
of Public Law 93–66), as the case may be, for such 
month for purposes of determining the individual’s 
eligibility for medical assistance under a State plan 
approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or a waiver of such plan). 
(2) COVERED SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT.—For 
purposes of this subsection, a covered supplemental 
payment is— 
(A) a payment of a supplemental security 
income benefit under title XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act; or 
(B) a State supplementary payment of the 
type referred to in section 1616(a) of such title 
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(or a payment of the type described in section 
212(a) of Public Law 93–66). 
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