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S 269 · enacted · 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 prevent payments to deceased people.
  • This affects federal agencies and beneficiaries who receive government payments.
  • The change makes a temporary three-year data-sharing requirement between Social Security and Treasury permanent.

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    How might permanent Treasury access to Social Security death records reduce improper payments across different federal benefit programs?

  2. 02

    What safeguards should exist to protect the privacy of deceased individuals' data while enabling this cross-agency verification?

  3. 03

    Which federal agencies and benefit programs would benefit most from this permanent data-sharing arrangement, and why?

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John Kennedy

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Introduced 2026-02-10

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-02-10 · President

    Became Public Law No: 119-77.

  2. 2026-02-10 · BecameLaw

    Became Public Law No: 119-77.

  3. 2026-02-10 · President

    Signed by President.

  4. 2026-02-10 · BecameLaw

    Signed by President.

  5. 2026-02-03 · house · Floor

    Presented to President.

  6. 2026-02-03 · President

    Presented to President.

  7. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  8. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H634)

  9. 2026-01-12 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H634)

  10. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 269.

  11. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H634-637)

  12. 2026-01-12 · house · Floor

    Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  13. 2025-10-10 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  14. 2025-10-10 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  15. 2025-10-08 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  16. 2025-09-19 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6798)

  17. 2025-09-19 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  18. 2025-09-19 · senate · Discharge

    Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6798)

  19. 2025-09-19 · Committee

    Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  20. 2025-07-30 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  21. 2025-01-28 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

  22. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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