Social Security Overpayment Relief Act
Sponsored By: Representative McDonald Rivet
Introduced
Summary
A ten-year limit on Social Security overpayment recovery. This bill would bar the Social Security Administration from collecting or offsetting any overpayment that occurred 10 or more years before the Commissioner finds the overpayment, and it covers Title II retirement, survivors and disability benefits and Title XVI Supplemental Security Income.
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- Older beneficiaries: People receiving retirement, survivors, disability benefits, or Supplemental Security Income would not be required to repay or have current benefits reduced for overpayments older than 10 years at the time the agency finds the error.
- Social Security Administration: The agency would be limited from recovering or adjusting for long-ago overpayments, changing how old payment errors are handled.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Stop old Social Security overpayment collections
If enacted, SSA would be barred from reducing your checks for overpayments older than 10 years. The 10-year clock would count back from when the Commissioner decides you were overpaid. This would stop both benefit offsets and other collections for those old debts. It would cover Social Security retirement and disability (Title II) and Supplemental Security Income (Title XVI).
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
McDonald Rivet
MI • D
Cosponsors
Nunn (IA)
IA • R
Sponsored 3/14/2025
Magaziner
RI • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Golden (ME)
ME • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Roll Call Votes
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