Social Security Beneficiaries Protection Act - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to: (1) authority to reissue OASDI and SSI benefits misused by organizational representative payees; (2) bonding and licensing requirements applicable to nongovernmental organizational representative payees; (3) fee forfeiture in case of benefit misuse by qualified organizational representative payees; and (4) liability of nongovernmental representative payees for misused benefits.
Amends SSA title XI part A (General Provisions) to extend civil monetary penalty authority for SSA titles II and XVI with respect to representative payees who misuse and convert a payment under such titles to unauthorized uses.
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Apr 4, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 4, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3443-3444)