S. 1023 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Mar 13, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryStops collection of very old Social Security overpayments
Sometimes the Social Security Administration accidentally pays people more money than they should receive. Right now, the agency can try to collect that overpaid money back even years later. This bill would stop the Social Security Administration from collecting overpayments if the administration didn't catch the error for at least 10 years. That means they couldn't take money back directly from recipients or reduce their future payments to recoup the overpaid amount.
How it affects you
If you receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income and the government mistakenly overpaid you, you'd be protected from having to pay back money if more than 10 years passed before the Social Security Administration discovered the error. This mainly affects people who have been receiving benefits for a long time and received payments by mistake that went unnoticed for a decade or more.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Mar 13, 2025)
Social Security Overpayment Relief Act
This bill prohibits the Social Security Administration from collecting overpayments made in error to Social Security or Supplemental Security Income recipients 10 or more years prior to the discovery of the error by the administration. This prohibition extends to the collection of funds directly from overpaid recipients and to the adjustment of future payments to those recipients.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 1023
A BILL
Social Security Overpayment Relief Act
Sponsor: Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) · Introduced Mar 13, 2025 · Social Welfare · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 13, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.”