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This Act may be cited as the ''Social Security Attorney Fee Payment
System Improvement Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. CAP ON ATTORNEY ASSESSMENTS.

(a) In General.--Section 206(d)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 406(d)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting '', except that the
maximum amount of the assessment may not exceed $75'' after
''subparagraph (B)''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
with respect to fees for representation of claimants which are first
required to be certified or paid under section 206 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 406) on or after the first day of the first
month that begins after 120 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF ATTORNEY FEE PAYMENT SYSTEM TO TITLE XVI CLAIMS.

(a) In General.--Section 1631(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1383(d)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause
(i)--
(A) by striking ''section 206(a)'' and inserting
''section 206'';
(B) by striking ''(other than paragraph (4)
thereof)'' and inserting ''(other than subsections
(a)(4) and (d) thereof); and
(C) by striking ''paragraph (2) thereof'' and
inserting ''such section'';
(2) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ''in subparagraphs
(A)(ii)(I) and (C)(i),'' and inserting ''in subparagraphs
(A)(ii)(I) and (D)(i) of subsection (a)(2)'', and by striking
''and'' at the end;
(3) by striking subparagraph (A)(ii) and inserting the
following:
''(ii) by substituting, in subsections (a)(2)(B) and
(b)(1)(B)(i), the phrase 'section 1631(a)(7)(A) or the
requirements of due process of law' for the phrase 'subsection
(g) or (h) of section 223';
''(iii) by substituting, in subsection (a)(2)(C)(i), the
phrase 'under title II' for the phrase 'under title XVI';
''(iv) by substituting, in subsection (b)(1)(A), the phrase
'pay the amount of such fee' for the phrase 'certify the amount
of such fee for payment' and by striking, in subsection
(b)(1)(A), the phrase 'or certified for payment'; and
''(v) by substituting, in subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii), the
phrase 'deemed to be such amounts as determined before any
applicable reduction under section 1631(g), and reduced by the
amount of any reduction in benefits under this title or title
II made pursuant to section 1127(a)' for the phrase 'determined
before any applicable reduction under section 1127(a))'.''; and
(4) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the
following new subparagraphs:
''(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), if the claimant is determined to
be entitled to past-due benefits under this title and the person
representing the claimant is an attorney, the Commissioner of Social
Security shall pay out of such past-due benefits to such attorney an
amount equal to the lesser of--
''(i) so much of the maximum fee as does not exceed 25
percent of such past-due benefits (as determined before any
applicable reduction under section 1631(g) and reduced by the
amount of any reduction in benefits under this title or title
II pursuant to section 1127(a)), or
''(ii) the amount of past-due benefits available after any
applicable reductions under sections 1631(g) and 1127(a).
''(C)(i) Whenever a fee for services is required to be paid to an
attorney from a claimant's past-due benefits pursuant to subparagraph
(B), the Commissioner shall impose on the attorney an assessment
calculated in accordance with clause (ii).
''(ii)(I) The amount of an assessment under clause (i) shall be
equal to the product obtained by multiplying the amount of the
representative's fee that would be required to be paid by subparagraph
(B) before the application of this subparagraph, by the percentage
specified in subclause (II), except that the maximum amount of the
assessment may not exceed $75.
''(II) The percentage specified in this subclause is such
percentage rate as the Commissioner determines is necessary in order to
achieve full recovery of the costs of determining and approving fees to
attorneys from the past-due benefits of claimants, but not in excess of
6.3 percent.
''(iii) The Commissioner may collect the assessment imposed on an
attorney under clause (i) by offset from the amount of the fee
otherwise required by subparagraph (B) to be paid to the attorney from
a claimant's past-due benefits.
''(iv) An attorney subject to an assessment under clause (i) may
not, directly or indirectly, request or otherwise obtain reimbursement
for such assessment from the claimant whose claim gave rise to the
assessment.
''(v) Assessments on attorneys collected under this subparagraph
shall be deposited in the Treasury in a separate fund created for this
purpose.
''(vi) The assessments authorized under this subparagraph shall be
collected and available for obligation only to the extent and in the
amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts. Amounts so
appropriated are authorized to remain available until expended, for
administrative expenses in carrying out this title and related laws.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to fees for representation of claimants which are
first required to be certified or paid under section 1631(d)(2) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(d)(2)) on or after the first day of
the first month that begins after 270 days after the date of enactment
of this Act.
Student:
Social Security Attorney Fee Payment System Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to set a cap of $75 on assessments owed by attorney representatives upon receiving payment for representing a successful claimant for past-due benefits.Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to extend a similar payment system to attorney representatives of claimants who obtain a favorable court judgment for past-due SSI benefits. Sets a cap to such an attorney payment by the Commissioner of Social Security of 25% of the amount of such past-due benefits.