HR 5214 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019

Introduced Nov 21, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Rashida Tlaib D-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 18, 2020 Became Public Law No: 116-126.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedNov 21, 2019
  2. Passed HouseFeb 5, 2020
  3. Passed SenateMar 3, 2020
  4. To the PresidentMar 9, 2020
  5. Became lawMar 18, 2020

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2019 to Feb 4, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NCMark MeadowsOriginalNov 21, 2019
R-TXVan TaylorFeb 4, 2020

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 18, 2020Became Public Law No: 116-126.
  2. Mar 18, 2020Signed by President.
  3. Mar 9, 2020Presented to President.
  4. Mar 4, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Mar 3, 2020Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1444)
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1430Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019Related billNov 26, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Feb 10, 2020Received in Senate
  3. Feb 5, 2020Engrossed in House
  4. Nov 21, 2019Introduced in House

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