,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,burchett introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,ii of the     
,social ,security ,act to require that  
past-due benefits be paid prior to the  
payment of social security              
representative fees1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,limitation on payment of
 social security representative fees    
,section #bjf of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djf7 is amended by 
adding at the end the following3  7f7   
,in no case shall any fee required by   
subsection 7a77#d7 or 7b77#a7 to be     
certified for payment to an attorney 7or
 a nonattorney described in subsection  
7e77 from a claimant's past-due benefits
 be paid prior to the payment to such   
claimant of the full amount of such     
past-due benefits4  4  #b4 ,requirement 
to expedite past-due benefit payments   

,of any unobligated amounts otherwise   
available to the ,commissioner of       
,social ,security1 the ,commissioner    
shall expend not less than #a1ejj1jjj   
for the purpose of expediting the       
payment of past-due benefits4