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To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that not more than 10 percent of a monthly benefit may be withheld on account of overpayments.

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that not more than 10 percent of a monthly benefit may be withheld on account of overpayments.

Introduced Apr 24, 2025

Latest action (Apr 24, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Social Welfare
Issues
Economy & Taxes

Summary
  • Amends title II of the Social Security Act to limit withholding for overpayment recovery to no more than 10 percent of a monthly benefit.
  • Applies to overpayments the Commissioner does not have reason to believe were due to fraud or similar fault by the individual.
  • Allows individuals to request a higher recovery rate if they wish to pay back overpayments more quickly.
  • Takes effect on the date of enactment for overpayments outstanding on or after that date.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
33 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Dwight Evans’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $7,150
  • SELECT MEDICAL $5,000
  • PROGRESSIVE MANAGEMENT $5,000
  • S.R. WOJDAK & ASSOCIATES, LP $5,000
  • STRADLEY RONON STEVENS & YOUNG, LLP $4,500

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Dwight Evans → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 24, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Apr 24, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Apr 24, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 24, 2025

Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Pingree, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Thanedar, and Mr. Tonko) 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 provide that not more than 10 percent of a monthly benefit may be withheld on account of overpayments.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WITHHOLDING FOR RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS.

(a) In General.—Subparagraph (A) of section 204(a)(1) of the Social Security Act is amended—

(1) by striking “With” and inserting “(i) Subject to clause (ii), with”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(ii) In the case of a payment to a person of more than the correct amount which the Commissioner does not have reason to believe was due to fraud or similar fault on the part of the individual, the Commissioner may not decrease the amount of a monthly benefit payable to an individual by more than 10 percent of the amount payable, unless such individual requests a higher recovery rate.”.

(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and shall be effective with respect to overpayments under title II of the Social Security Act that are outstanding on or after such date. <all>

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