,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #biii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bd1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,evans of ,pennsylvania 7for himself1  
,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,lois ,frankel of  
,florida1 ,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut1 
,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,bishop1 ,mr4 ,boyle
 of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,davis of       
,illinois1 ,ms4 ,dexter1 ,mr4 ,doggett1 
,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,norton1   
,ms4 ,moore of ,wisconsin1 ,ms4         
,pingree1 ,mrs4 ,ramirez1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 
,ms4 ,sewell1 ,mr4 ,subramanyam1 ,mr4   
,suozzi1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,thanedar1   
and ,mr4 ,tonko7 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 provide that  
not more than #aj percent of a monthly  
benefit may be withheld on account of   
overpayments4  #a4 ,withholding for     
recovery of overpayments  7a7 ,in       
general ,subparagraph 7,a7 of section   
#bjd7;a77#a7 of the ,social ,security   

,act is amended-- 7#a7 by striking ,with
 and inserting 7i7 ,subject to clause   
7ii71 with2 and  7#b7 by adding at the  
end the following3  7ii7 ,in the case of
 a payment to a person of more than the 
correct amount which the ,commissioner  
does not have reason to believe was due 
to fraud or similar fault on the part of
 the individual1 the ,commissioner may  
not decrease the amount of a monthly    
benefit payable to an individual by more
 than #aj percent of the amount payable1
 unless such individual requests a      
higher recovery rate4  4  7b7 ,effective
 date ,the amendments made by this ,act 
shall take effect on the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 and shall be    
effective with respect to overpayments  
under title ,,ii of the ,social         
,security ,act that are outstanding on  
or after such date4