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Information is to be provided to the Do Not Pay working system

To improve coordination between Federal and State agencies and the Do Not Pay working system, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

Information is to be provided to the Do Not Pay working system

The document says “shallWho acts: Commissioner of Social SecurityHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“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”

To improve coordination between Federal and State agencies and the Do Not Pay working system, Sec. 2

Paragraph (11) of section 205(r) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)) is struck and this text is inserted in its place. The duty is qualified: it runs to the extent feasible, it runs through a cooperative arrangement with that agency, and the arrangement is conditioned on the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) being met. The stated purposes are the authorized uses of the Do Not Pay working system, to help prevent improper payments of, and support the recovery of improperly paid, benefits or other payments. This Act does not state what paragraph (1), paragraph (3) or the struck paragraph (11) provides.

What the document actually says

“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”

To improve coordination between Federal and State agencies and the Do Not Pay working system, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

The head of Social Security gets records of deaths. Those records must go to another federal office. That office runs a check called Do Not Pay. This must be done as far as it can be.

What this is about

Do Not Pay is a check made before money goes out. It tries to catch payments to people who have died. The two offices work under a written deal. Some tests must be met before the deal can be made.

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  1. The document itself

    Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, Public Law 119-77, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 745 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ77/html/PLAW-119publ77.htm

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    “Information is to be provided to the Do Not Pay working system,” Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/ending-improper-payments-deceased-people-act/proposal/sec02-death-data-to-do-not-pay/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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