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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2142 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Social Security Act to limit the recovery of overpayments |
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| 6 | 6 | | under titles II and XVI to a ten-year period. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH14, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | CDONALDRIVET(for herself and Mr. NUNNof Iowa) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Social Security Act to limit the recovery of |
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| 14 | 14 | | overpayments under titles II and XVI to a ten-year period. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Over-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | payment Relief Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) T |
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| 22 | 22 | | ITLEII LIMITATION.—Section 204 of the Social 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Security Act (42 U.S.C. 404) is amended by adding at 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the end the following: 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:12 Mar 27, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2142.IH H2142 |
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| 26 | 26 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2142 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | ‘‘(h) In any case in which more than the correct 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | amount of payment has been made, there shall be no ad-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | justment of payments to, or recovery by the United States 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | from, any person of an overpayment that occurred 10 or 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | more years prior to the date on which the Commissioner 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | finds that more than the correct amount of payment has 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | been made to such person.’’. 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) T |
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| 36 | 36 | | ITLEXVI LIMITATION.—Section 1631(b) of 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(b)) is amended by adding at 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the end the following: 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(9) In any case in which more than the correct 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | amount of payment has been made, there shall be no ad-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | justment of payments to, or recovery by the United States 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | from, any person of an overpayment that occurred 10 or 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | more years prior to the date on which the Commissioner 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | finds that more than the correct amount of payment has 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | been made to such person.’’. 17 |
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