Social Security Overpayment Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8265.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CARAVEO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 79, May 7, 2024, Page H2937):
  Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Social Security Act to require a 120-day period between notice of an overpayment of benefits under titles II and XVI and begin- ning recovery of such overpayment, and to require the Commissioner of Social Security to submit a report to Congress on a strategy related to recovery of such overpayments.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2024 ↗

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  H.R. 8265, 118th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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