Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
Sponsor: Sen. John Kennedy R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2023
- Committee actionMay 15, 2024
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2492.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2492, Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act” on October 9, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 15, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 9, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60820
- CBO publication date
- October 9, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2492, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/2492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
778405b965c77496d9d4d0010a55877e80f2f4a81c8495d48d5225f14202c4f0
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 118-252 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 2, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 2, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/252
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2492, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/2492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
778405b965c77496d9d4d0010a55877e80f2f4a81c8495d48d5225f14202c4f0
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Thomas Carper (D-DE), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Gary Peters (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.