To provide for implementation of prohibitions against payment of social security benefits to prisoners, and for other purposes.
Criminal Welfare Prevention Act, Part II - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Commissioner of Social Security to enter into an agreement with a State or local jail or correctional facility under which the facility shall report monthly the name and social security number of any inmate who has received a benefit check under SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) despite being prohibited under other existing SSA law because of confinement in a correctional institution. Requires the Commissioner to pay any complying institution: (1) $400 if it furnishes the information within 30 days; or (2) $200 if it does so within 90 days.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E151)
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
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