Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas Carper D-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 2019
- Committee actionMay 15, 2019
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2019 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1333.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1333, Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act” on June 10, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 15, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55355
- CBO publication date
- June 10, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1333, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1333
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 116-49 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 25, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/49
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1333, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1333
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0cefb567856d0f373521fa5a4f1171a50917ecf857656349a4ea8f45b82439ea
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 2 independents
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Mike Braun (R-IN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Steve Daines (R-MT), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Kennedy (R-LA), Angus King (I-ME), Gary Peters (D-MI), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rick Scott (R-FL), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Jon Tester (D-MT), Mark Warner (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- S.J.Res. 9 (116th) A joint resolution calling on the United States and Congress to take immediate action to address the challenge of climate change.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.