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Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act (S-269) · Congress.wiki

Text Versions

Enrolled Bill

January 14, 2026•2 pages

Engrossed in Senate

September 19, 2025•6 pages

Introduced in Senate

January 28, 2025•2 pages

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Amendments

SAMDT 3912September 19, 2025

Sponsors (6)

Committee Meetings (2)

Business meeting to consider S.854, to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish the Life Sciences Research Security Board, S.855, to require executive branch employees to report certain royalties, S.269, to improve coordination between Federal and State agencies and the Do Not Pay working system, S.81, to require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance, S.861, to streamline the sharing of information among Federal disaster assistance agencies, to expedite the delivery of life-saving assistance to disaster survivors, to speed the recovery of communities from disasters, to protect the security and privacy of information provided by disaster survivors, S.766, to require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule, S.872, to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, S.727, to correct the inequitable denial of enhanced retirement and annuity benefits to certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers, S.874, to ensure that whistleblowers, including contractors, are protected from retaliation when a Federal employee orders a reprisal, S.594, to amend the Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, S.865, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, S.856, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision relating to certain contents of registrations under that Act, S.850, to amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to the northern border threat analysis and the northern border strategy, S.848, to provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, and S.572, to enhance the effectiveness of the Shadow Wolves Program; to be immediately followed by a business meeting to consider S.1498, to amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prohibit transactions involving certain financial instruments by Members of Congress, the nominations of Pedro Allende, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, both of the Department of Homeland Security, Christopher Fox, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Edward Aloysius O'Connell, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsDirksen Senate Office Building, 342Jul 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsDirksen Senate Office Building, 342Mar 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM

AI Summary

Requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to share death-record data with the agency that operates the Do Not Pay working system, to enter an agreement about cost-sharing for state death data, and to notify cooperating agencies when an individual was incorrectly recorded as deceased. It also bars the SSA from recording a person as deceased unless there is clear and convincing evidence that the person is dead, creating stronger safeguards before benefits or payments are stopped and enabling recovery/prevention of improper payments.

Louisianarepresentative·Clay Higgins

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Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

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2 cosponsors·Updated 3/8/2026·Last progress April 8, 2025

United StatesSenate Bill 269S 269

Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

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Introduced January 28, 2025 by John Neely Kennedy · Last progress February 10, 2026

House Votes

Passed Voice Vote

January 12, 2026

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H634)

Senate Votes

Passed Unanimous Consent with Amendment

September 19, 2025

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Presidential Signature

Signed

February 10, 2026

President of the United States