Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019 became law 118 days after introduction, with cosponsors, all Republicans
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 119 words.
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.
- Committees
- House Oversight and Accountability Committee
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics: 580 of 5,914 bills became law, 113th–118th (9.8%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 97 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 5, from enrolled bill to public law · 1,500 words
- Subjects
- Accounting and auditingDisability and paralysisEmployee benefits and pensionsFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Latest action
- Mar 18, 2020: Became Public Law No: 116-126.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 116th S. 1430 Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019 R · Passed one chamber