Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
Public Law 116-126 · H.R. 5214 · 116th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Donald Trump (R) on Mar 18, 2020 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13)
Cosponsors (2): Rep. Mark Meadows, Rep. Van Taylor
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
This bill prohibits a representative payee (i.e., a person designated to receive payments on behalf of a minor, a mentally incompetent individual, or an individual under other legal disability) from embezzling or converting the amounts received from certain retirement funds.
If the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) determines that a representative payee has embezzled or converted payments from the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System for a use other than the benefit of the individual on whose behalf such payments were received, OPM shall (1) revoke the certification for payment of benefits to the representative payee, and (2) certify payment to another representative payee or to the individual.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Related bills
1 bill the Library of Congress relates to this one.
S. 1430Related bill
Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.
- Mar 18, 2020Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 116-126.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Mar 9, 2020FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Mar 4, 2020FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 3, 2020FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Feb 10, 2020CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Feb 5, 2020FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5214.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 19, 2019CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 21, 2019CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.