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HR2716Referred to Committee

Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-04-08
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Clay Higgins
Clay Higgins
Republican · LA · Representative
Votes with party: 91.7% (541 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/H001077

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (2)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)· 2025-12-09
  • Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)· 2025-12-16

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 371.

2026-01-07

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Ways and MeansReported By · 2026-01-07

Previously

  • Ways and Means CommitteeReported By · 2026-01-07
  • Ways and Means CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-12-10
  • House Committee on Ways and MeansMarkup By · 2025-12-10
  • Ways and Means CommitteeReferred To · 2025-04-08
  • House Committee on Ways and MeansReferred To · 2025-04-08

Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Social Welfare
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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