1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stopping Payments to the Deceased Act”.
Stopping Payments to the Deceased Act
A BILL
To ensure that the Secretary of the Treasury provides for the integration of Social Security Administration death records in the databases used for verifying eligibility for payments.
2. Integration of Social Security Administration death records in Treasury databases for verifying eligibility for payments
In general— The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s designee (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall ensure that Social Security Administration death records are integrated into the relevant databases used by the Secretary for verifying eligibility for payments made under programs administered by the Secretary, including tax refunds.
Periodic disclosure— Notwithstanding section 205(r)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(3)) or any other provision of law, the Commissioner of Social Security shall periodically disclose (at such times and in such manner as the Administrator and Secretary shall jointly agree) Social Security Administration death records to the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out subsection (a).
Social Security Administration death records— For purposes of this section, the term “Social Security Administration death records” means all information regarding all deceased individuals furnished to or maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security, including such records collected and maintained pursuant to section 205(r)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(1)).