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Social Security Overpayment Relief Act

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Introduced:
Mar 13, 2025
Policy Area:
Social Welfare

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Mar 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Introduced in Senate - Mar 13, 2025 00
<p><strong>Social Security Overpayment Relief Act</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the Social Security Administration from collecting overpayments made in error to Social Security or Supplemental Security Income recipients 10 or more years prior to the discovery of the error by the administration. This prohibition extends to the collection of funds directly from overpaid recipients and to the adjustment of future payments to those recipients.&nbsp;</p>

Actions (2)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Senate
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 10000
Mar 13, 2025

Subjects (1)

Social Welfare (Policy Area)

Cosponsors (1)

(R-LA)
Mar 13, 2025

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in Senate

Mar 13, 2025

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Length: 2,037 characters Version: Introduced in Senate Version Date: Mar 13, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 18, 2025 2:20 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1023 Introduced in Senate

(IS) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1023

To amend the Social Security Act to limit the recovery of overpayments
under titles II and XVI to a 10-year period.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 13, 2025

Mr. Gallego (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Social Security Act to limit the recovery of overpayments
under titles II and XVI to a 10-year period.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Overpayment Relief
Act''.
SEC. 2.

(a) Title II Limitation.--
Section 204 of the Social Security Act (42 U.
(42 U.S.C. 404) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``

(h) In any case in which more than the correct amount of payment
has been made, there shall be no adjustment of payments to, or recovery
by the United States from, any person of an overpayment that occurred
10 or more years prior to the date on which the Commissioner finds that
more than the correct amount of payment has been made to such
person.''.

(b) Title XVI Limitation.--
Section 1631 (b) of such Act (42 U.

(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1383

(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``

(9) In any case in which more than the correct amount of payment
has been made, there shall be no adjustment of payments to, or recovery
by the United States from, any person of an overpayment that occurred
10 or more years prior to the date on which the Commissioner finds that
more than the correct amount of payment has been made to such
person.''.
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