HR 2716 · introduced · significant

Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

What this bill does

The bill allows the Treasury Department permanent access to Social Security death records to stop payments to deceased people.
Federal agencies that make payments are affected, along with taxpayers funding those programs.
The change makes a temporary three-year data-sharing arrangement between Social Security and Treasury permanent.

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Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

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How would permanently granting Treasury access to Social Security death records reduce improper payments across federal agencies compared to the current temporary arrangement?
02
What safeguards would protect Social Security death data from misuse if Treasury has permanent rather than time-limited access to these records?
03
Which federal benefit programs lose the most money to payments made after beneficiaries die, and how significant is this problem relative to total program spending?

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Sponsor · R-LA-3

Clay Higgins

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2/ 435

House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2026-01-07

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Legislative timeline

2026-01-07 · house · Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 371.
2026-01-07 · house · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-426.
2026-01-07 · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-426.
2025-12-10 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
2025-12-10 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-04-08 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-04-08 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-04-08 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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