HR 5214 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019

Introduced Nov 21, 2019 Originated House Became Public Law 116-126 Sponsor Rashida Tlaib D-MI

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

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, 2020Public Law 116-126

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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

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

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Nov 21, 2019Markup Dec 19, 2019

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 18, 2020Signed by President.
  2. Mar 18, 2020Became Public Law No: 116-126.
  3. Mar 9, 2020Presented to President.
  4. Mar 4, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Mar 3, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1444)
  6. Feb 10, 2020Received in the Senate, read twice.
  7. Feb 5, 2020Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  8. Feb 5, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H806-808)
  9. Feb 5, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5214.
  10. Feb 5, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H806-807)
  11. Feb 5, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. Dec 19, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  13. Nov 21, 2019Introduced in House
  14. Nov 21, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S1444Lisa Murkowski R-AKMar 3, 2020
HouseDebate and remarks H806–H808Text printed H806Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Mark Meadows R-NC, Rashida Tlaib D-MIFeb 5, 2020

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Feb 21, 2020H.R. 5214, Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019As passed by the House of Representatives on February 5, 2020

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 187, November 21, 2019, page H9169.

CRS reports 15

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 15

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

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

Titles 6

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 5, United States Code, to prevent fraud by representative payees.
Short Titles as Passed Senate
Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
Short Titles as Enacted
Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 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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