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Social Security Overpayment Relief Act
To amend the Social Security Act to limit the recovery of overpayments under titles II and XVI to a ten-year period.
Summary
This bill amends the Social Security Act to limit the government's ability to recover overpayments from beneficiaries. Under the bill, the Social Security Administration cannot recover or adjust payments for overpayments that occurred more than ten years before the date the Commissioner determines an overpayment was made. The limitation applies to both retirement, disability, and survivor benefits under Title II and Supplemental Security Income under Title XVI.
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- Mar 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Mar 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 14, 2025
Ms. McDonald Rivet (for herself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Social Security Act to limit the recovery of overpayments under titles II and XVI to a ten-year period.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Social Security Overpayment Relief Act”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS.
(a) Title II Limitation.—Section 204 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 404) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) In any case in which more than the correct amount of payment has been made, there shall be no adjustment of payments to, or recovery by the United States from, any person of an overpayment that occurred 10 or more years prior to the date on which the Commissioner finds that more than the correct amount of payment has been made to such person.”.
(b) Title XVI Limitation.—Section 1631(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(9) In any case in which more than the correct amount of payment has been made, there shall be no adjustment of payments to, or recovery by the United States from, any person of an overpayment that occurred 10 or more years prior to the date on which the Commissioner finds that more than the correct amount of payment has been made to such person.”. <all>
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