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Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of SSI benefits to an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for: (1) committing, or attempting to commit, a felony; or (2) violating a condition of parole or probation.
Current law prohibits the payment of such benefits to an individual who: (1) is fleeing to avoid prosecution or confinement for committing, or attempting commit, a felony; or (2) is violating a condition of parole or probation.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2792 as passed House amended on Sep 28, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Sep 28, 2017
Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2017
Passed
244 Yea 171 Nay 18 not voting
Party-line vote 24 of 415 voting members broke with their own party: 21 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 2792 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 2792 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
31 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.