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Social Security Overpayment Relief Act
To amend the Social Security Act to limit the recovery of overpayments under titles II and XVI to a ten-year period.
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Summary
Social Security Overpayment Relief Act
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Mar 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Mar 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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