Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/533

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118 STAT. 503 PUBLIC LAW 108–203—MAR. 2, 2004 1986 and section 1106(c) of this Act), the Commissioner shall furnish any Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer, upon the writ ten request of the officer, with the current address, social security account number, and photograph (if applicable) of any person inves tigated under this subparagraph, if the officer furnishes the Commissioner with the name of such person and such other identi fying information as may reasonably be required by the Commis sioner to establish the unique identity of such person, and notifies the Commissioner that— ‘‘(I) such person is described in section 1611(e)(4)(A), ‘‘(II) such person has information that is necessary for the officer to conduct the officer’s official duties, and ‘‘(III) the location or apprehension of such person is within the officer’s official duties.’’. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the thirteenth month beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Commissioner of Social Secu rity, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Social Secu rity Administration, shall prepare a report evaluating whether the existing procedures and reviews for the qualification (including disqualification) of representative payees are sufficient to enable the Commissioner to protect benefits from being misused by rep resentative payees. The Commissioner shall submit the report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate no later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Commissioner shall include in such report any recommendations that the Commis sioner considers appropriate. SEC. 104. FEE FORFEITURE IN CASE OF BENEFIT MISUSE BY REP RESENTATIVE PAYEES. (a) TITLE II AMENDMENTS.—Section 205(j)(4)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)(4)(A)(i)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘A’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in the next sentence, a’’; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘A qualified organization may not collect a fee from an individual for any month with respect to which the Commissioner of Social Security or a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that the organization misused all or part of the individual’s benefit, and any amount so collected by the qualified organization for such month shall be treated as a misused part of the individual’s benefit for purposes of paragraphs (5) and (6). The Commissioner’’. (b) TITLE XVI AMENDMENTS.—Section 1631(a)(2)(D)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)(D)(i)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘A’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in the next sentence, a’’; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The Commissioner’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘A qualified organization may not collect a fee from an individual for any month with respect to which the Commissioner of Social Security or a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that the organization misused all or part of the individual’s benefit, and any amount so collected by the qualified organization for such month shall Deadline. 42 USC 405 note.