Social Security Debt Recovery Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3594
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-28
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Bankruptcy

Debt collection

Social security and elderly assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Social Security Debt Recovery Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to specify that the amount of any overpayment of OASDI benefits to an individual, and any obligation of the individual to repay such overpayment,&nbsp;shall be determined solely under the OASDI program.&nbsp;Therefore, such overpayment shall not otherwise be subject to garnishment or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3594 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017 Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself and Ms. Jenkins of Kansas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the Social Security Trust Funds from overpayment discharge during bankruptcy proceedings, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Debt Recovery Act of 2017 . 2. Clarification of the treatment of overpayments Section 207 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 407 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) (1) The amount of any overpayment of benefits to an individual under this title, and any obligation of the individual to repay such overpayment, shall be determined solely under this title. (2) No other provision of law, including title 11 of the United States Code, may be construed to limit, supersede, or otherwise modify the provisions of this subsection except to the extent that it does so by express reference to this subsection. .