118 STAT. 506 PUBLIC LAW 108–203—MAR. 2, 2004 (b) TITLE VIII AMENDMENTS.—Section 807(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1007(h)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY TO REDIRECT DELIVERY OF BENEFIT PAY MENTS WHEN A REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE FAILS TO PROVIDE REQUIRED ACCOUNTING.—In any case in which the person described in paragraph (1) or (2) receiving benefit payments on behalf of a qualified individual fails to submit a report required by the Commissioner of Social Security under para graph (1) or (2), the Commissioner may, after furnishing notice to such person and the qualified individual, require that such person appear in person at a United States Government facility designated by the Social Security Administration as serving the area in which the qualified individual resides in order to receive such benefit payments.’’. (c) TITLE XVI AMENDMENT.—Section 1631(a)(2)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(v) In any case in which the person described in clause (i) or (iv) receiving payments on behalf of another fails to submit a report required by the Commissioner of Social Security under clause (i) or (iv), the Commissioner may, after furnishing notice to the person and the individual entitled to the payment, require that such person appear in person at a field office of the Social Security Administration serving the area in which the individual resides in order to receive such payments.’’. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 107. SURVEY OF USE OF PAYMENTS BY REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1110 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1310) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(c)(1) In addition to the amount otherwise appropriated in any other law to carry out subsection (a) for fiscal year 2004, up to $8,500,000 is authorized and appropriated and shall be used by the Commissioner of Social Security under this subsection for purposes of conducting a statistically valid survey to determine how payments made to individuals, organizations, and State or local government agencies that are representative payees for bene fits paid under title II or XVI are being managed and used on behalf of the beneficiaries for whom such benefits are paid. ‘‘(2) Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Commissioner of Social Security shall submit a report on the survey conducted in accordance with paragraph (1) to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Represent atives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.’’. Deadline. Reports. 42 USC 405 note.
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