To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that past-due benefits be paid prior to the payment of social security representative fees, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5634
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2020-01-16
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Lawyers and legal services

Legal fees and court costs

Social security and elderly assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires that any past-due Social Security benefits be paid to the individual claiming such benefits before certain fees may be paid to the individual's attorney or qualified representative.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5634 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2020 Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that past-due benefits be paid prior to the payment of social security representative fees, and for other purposes.

1. Limitation on payment of social security representative fees Section 206 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 406 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) In no case shall any fee required by subsection (a)(4) or (b)(1) to be certified for payment to an attorney (or a nonattorney described in subsection (e)) from a claimant's past-due benefits be paid prior to the payment to such claimant of the full amount of such past-due benefits. . 2. Requirement to expedite past-due benefit payments Of any unobligated amounts otherwise available to the Commissioner of Social Security, the Commissioner shall expend not less than $1,500,000 for the purpose of expediting the payment of past-due benefits.