A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for a program to systematically compare information on State death certificates with information maintained under the social security program in order to ensure that inappropriate benefits are not paid with respect to individuals who have died.

Summary

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program under which States periodically furnish the Secretary with information on the death certificates officially filed with them so that necessary corrections may be made to the beneficiary records maintained under the social security program.

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Timeline

1. 3 January 1983

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 January 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 3 January 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 January 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

   Source: Committee

5. 25 March 1983

   Committee

   See H.R.1900.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 January 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] · R · Sponsor
• · hswm00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Social Security Amendments of 1983