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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 10-year period.

Introduced Mar 13, 2025

Latest action (Mar 13, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Referred to
Finance Committee
Policy area
Social Welfare

Summary
  • Limits the recovery of Social Security (Title II) overpayments to those that occurred within 10 years prior to the date when the Commissioner discovers the overpayment.
  • Limits the recovery of Supplemental Security Income (Title XVI) overpayments to those that occurred within 10 years prior to the date when the Commissioner discovers the overpayment.

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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
  2. Mar 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 13, 2025

Mr. Gallego (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To amend the Social Security Act to limit the recovery of overpayments under titles II and XVI to a 10-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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