Title: Social Security Payment Integrity and Information Act of 2022
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
Social Security Payment Integrity and Information Act of 2022
This bill expands, for purposes of limiting improper federal payments, the Department of the Treasury's access to certain death records maintained by the Social Security Administration.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7118 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7118

To amend title II of the Social Security Act relating to the sharing of 
  death information with the Do Not Pay working system, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2022

 Ms. Craig (for herself and Mr. Meijer) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act relating to the sharing of 
  death information with the Do Not Pay working system, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Payment Integrity 
and Information Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. SHARING OF DEATH INFORMATION WITH DO NOT PAY WORKING SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 205(r) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 405(r)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by moving the margins for 
                each of clauses (i) and (ii) 4 ems to the left; and
                    (B) by moving the margins for each of subparagraphs 
                (B) and (C) 4 ems to the left;
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by moving the margins for each of 
        clauses (i) and (ii) 2 ems to the left;
            (3) by moving the margins for paragraph (7) 2 ems to the 
        left; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(11) The Commissioner of Social Security may, immediately upon 
the date of enactment of this paragraph, and shall, beginning not later 
than December 27, 2022, provide information furnished to the 
Commissioner under paragraph (1) to the agency operating the Do Not Pay 
working system described in section 3354(c) of title 31, United States 
Code, to prevent improper payments to deceased individuals through a 
cooperative agreement with such agency, provided that the requirements 
of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) are met with respect to 
such agreement with such agency.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 801 of division FF of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``(a) In General.--'';
                    (B) at the end of paragraph (6), by striking ``; 
                and'' and inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (7); and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
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