S.Amdt. 115

SA 115. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 3746, to provide for a responsible increase to the
debt ceiling; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. IMPROVING COORDINATION BETWEEN FEDERAL AND STATE
AGENCIES AND THE DO NOT PAY WORKING SYSTEM.

(a) In General.--Section 205(r) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 405(r)), as amended by section 801(a) of title
VIII of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021 (Public Law 116-260), is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
``(12) Beginning December 28, 2026, the Commissioner of
Social Security shall, to the extent feasible, provide
information furnished to the Commissioner under paragraph (1)
to the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system
described in section 3354(c) of title 31, United States Code,
or an agent thereof, to prevent improper payments to deceased
individuals through a cooperative arrangement with such
agency, provided that the requirements of subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of paragraph (3) are met with respect to

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such arrangement with such agency. Under such arrangement,
the agency operating the Do Not Pay working system, or an
agent thereof, may compare the information so provided by the
Commissioner with personally identifiable information derived
from a Federal system of records or similar records
maintained by a Federal contractor, a Federal grantee, or an
entity administering a Federal program or activity, and may
redisclose such comparison of information, as appropriate, to
any paying or administering agency authorized to use the
working system.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on December 27, 2023.
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