Stopping Payments to the Deceased Act

Bill: 116-hr-7696
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-21
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives

Social security and elderly assistance

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stopping Payments to the Deceased Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to ensure that Social Security death records are integrated into databases used by Treasury to verify taxpayer eligibility for payments, including tax refunds.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7696 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 21, 2020 Mr. Curtis (for himself, Mr. Perry , Mr. Budd , Mr. Gaetz , Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. Steube , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Williams , Mr. Fulcher , Mr. Buck , and Mrs. Lesko ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To ensure that the Secretary of the Treasury provides for the integration of Social Security Administration death records in the databases used for verifying eligibility for payments.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Payments to the Deceased Act . 2. Integration of Social Security Administration death records in Treasury databases for verifying eligibility for payments (a) In general The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s designee (hereafter in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall ensure that Social Security Administration death records are integrated into the relevant databases used by the Secretary for verifying eligibility for payments made under programs administered by the Secretary, including tax refunds. (b) Periodic disclosure Notwithstanding section 205(r)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405(r)(3) ) or any other provision of law, the Commissioner of Social Security shall periodically disclose (at such times and in such manner as the Administrator and Secretary shall jointly agree) Social Security Administration death records to the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out subsection (a). (c) Social Security Administration death records For purposes of this section, the term Social Security Administration death records means all information regarding all deceased individuals furnished to or maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security, including such records collected and maintained pursuant to section 205(r)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405(r)(1) ).