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TITLE I--STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT AND BENEFICIARY PROTECTION
(Sec. 101) This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to make annual grants to each state's protection and advocacy system for the purpose of conducting reviews of representative payees under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. The SSA must also conduct periodic onsite reviews of individual and organizational payees.
(Sec. 102) The bill lessens certain monitoring requirements with respect to specified family members who are serving as representative payees.
(Sec. 103) The SSA must: (1) enter into agreements with each state for the purpose of sharing information to identify represented minor beneficiaries who are in foster care; and (2) determine the appropriate representative payee for any represented minor beneficiary who has entered foster care, exited foster care, or changed foster care placement in a given month.
The Government Accountability Office must report to specified congressional committees on certain issues related to represented minor beneficiaries in foster care.
(Sec. 104) The bill modifies provisions related to overpayment liability with respect to a represented minor beneficiary in foster care.
(Sec. 105) The SSA must report to specified congressional committees on certain issues related to representative payment with respect to SSI and OASDI benefits.
TITLE II--IMPROVING PAYEE SELECTION AND QUALITY
(Sec. 201) The bill provides for advance designation of representative payees.
(Sec. 202) In general, an individual who has been convicted of a felony, or of an attempt or a conspiracy to commit a felony, may not serve as a representative payee.
(Sec. 203) An individual who has a representative payee may not also serve as a representative payee.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4547 as public Law on Apr 13, 2018. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Feb 5, 2018
Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018
Passed · Two-thirds required
396 Yea 0 Nay 34 not voting
Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
430 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. 4547 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 4547 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
18 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.