118th Congress Social Welfare
S. 2492: Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
Reported
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- Passed House (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill permanently allows the Department of the Treasury to access certain death records maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to prevent improper payments to deceased individuals.
Current law requires the SSA to share its Death Master File with the Do Not Pay system maintained by Treasury for three years. The bill makes this requirement permanent, and it allows Treasury to compare SSA death records with personally identifiable information from other federal records systems and to share these comparisons with any federal or state agency that is authorized to use the Do Not Pay system.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Thomas Carper D-DEOriginal
- Margaret Hassan D-NH
- Gary Peters D-MI
Who scored on this bill
- 1John Kennedy SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported3 events+26
See all scorers and every scoring event
Introductions and cosponsorships count toward weekly caps and show no points.
Other bills by John Kennedy
- S. 4850: Diversity Jurisdiction Inflation Adjustment Act
- S. 269: Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
- S. 616: Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2025
- S.J.Res. 69: Disapproval of United States Fish and Wildlife Service rule: Record of Decision for the Barred Owl Management Strategy; Washington, Oregon, and California
- S.J.Res. 13: Disapproval of Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury rule: Review of applications under the Bank Merger Act
- S.J.Res. 11: Disapproval of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management rule: Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources
History
- Introduced in the Senate by John Kennedy.
Show the full action history (5 actions)
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-252.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653.
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.