US Congress House Bill 4401 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 4 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-04-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Social Security Temporary Emergency Payee Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security, if the Commissioner or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the representative payee for an individual has died, has misused any individual's benefit, or has otherwise become unable or unwilling to continue as a representative payee, to: (1) revoke immediately certification for payment of the individual's benefits to such representative payee; (2) certify payment of such benefits, on a permanent or temporary basis, to a qualified organization to serve as a substitute representative payee; or (3) certify payments of such benefits to the individual directly if it would serve the individual's interests. Prohibits the deferral of benefits payments directly to an individual during the selection of a substitute representative payee in any case in which a representative payee has previously been designated for the individual.

Social Security Temporary Emergency Payee Act

Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4401/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4401/BILLS-113hr4401ih.pdf