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Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

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Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act This bill permanently allows the Department of the Treasury to access certain death records maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in order to facilitate the identification and prevention of improper payments (e.g., 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.

Status timeline

Introduced 4/8/2025
  1. 1/7/2026
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 371.
  2. 1/7/2026
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-426.
  3. 1/7/2026
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-426.
  4. 12/10/2025
    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
  5. 12/10/2025
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. 4/8/2025
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  7. 4/8/2025
    Introduced in House
  8. 4/8/2025
    Introduced in House