A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to prevent fraud by representative payees.
Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
This bill prohibits a representative payee (i.e., a person designated to receive payments on behalf of a minor, a mentally incompetent individual, or an individual under other legal disability) from embezzling or converting the amounts received from certain retirement funds.
If the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) determines that a representative payee has embezzled or converted payments from the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System for a use other than the benefit of the individual on whose behalf such payments were received, OPM shall (1) revoke the certification for payment of benefits to the representative payee, and (2) certify payment to another representative payee or to the individual.
Became Public Law No: 116-126.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 116-56.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 116-56.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 148.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6764-6766; text: CR S6765)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6766)
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6766)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.