To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that past-due benefits be paid prior to the payment of social security representative fees, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5634 · 116th Congress · Jan 16, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Limitation on payment of social security representative fees

Section 206 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 406) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(f) In no case shall any fee required by subsection (a)(4) or (b)(1) to be certified for payment to an attorney (or a nonattorney described in subsection (e)) from a claimant's past-due benefits be paid prior to the payment to such claimant of the full amount of such past-due benefits.”

Sec. 2 Requirement to expedite past-due benefit payments

Of any unobligated amounts otherwise available to the Commissioner of Social Security, the Commissioner shall expend not less than $1,500,000 for the purpose of expediting the payment of past-due benefits.

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that past-due benefits be paid prior to the payment of social security representative fees, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Limitation on payment of social security representative fees

Sec. 2 Requirement to expedite past-due benefit payments

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