Sec. 204. IDENTIFICATION OF INMATES REQUESTING OR RECEIVING IMPROPER PAYMENTS
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## SEC. 204 IDENTIFICATION OF INMATES REQUESTING OR RECEIVING IMPROPER PAYMENTS ###
(a)Information Provided to the Prisoner Update Processing System
(PUPS)####
(1)Section 202(x)(3)(b)(i)(i) Section 202(x)(3)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)(B)(i)(I)) is amended by— #####
(A)inserting “first, middle, and last” before “names”; #####
(B)striking the comma after the words “social security account numbers” and inserting “or taxpayer identification numbers, prison assigned inmate numbers, last known addresses,”; #####
(C)inserting “dates of release or anticipated dates of release, dates of work release,” before “and, to the extent available”; and #####
(D)by inserting “and clause
(iv)of this subparagraph” after “paragraph (1)”. ####
(2)Section 1611(e)(1)(i)(i)(i) Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(I)) is amended by— #####
(A)inserting “first, middle, and last” before “names”; #####
(B)striking the comma after the words “social security account numbers” and inserting “or taxpayer identification numbers, prison assigned inmate numbers, last known addresses,”; #####
(C)inserting “dates of release or anticipated dates of release, dates of work release,” before “and, to the extent available”; and #####
(D)by inserting “and clause
(iv)of this subparagraph” after “this paragraph”. ###
(b)Authority of Secretary of the Treasury to Access PUPS ####
(1)Section 202(x)(3)(b) Section 202(x)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)(B)) is amended— #####
(A)in clause (iv), by inserting before the period the following: “, for statistical and research activities conducted by Federal and State agencies, and to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purposes of tax administration, debt collection, and identifying, preventing, and recovering improper payments under federally funded programs”; and #####
(B)by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(v) > > > ####
(I)> > The Commissioner may disclose information received pursuant to this paragraph to any officer, employee, agent, or contractor of the Department of the Treasury whose official duties require such information to assist in the identification, prevention, and recovery of improper payments or in the collection of delinquent debts owed to the United States, including payments certified by the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative paying agency, and payments made to individuals whose eligibility, or continuing eligibility, to participate in a Federal program (including those administered by a State or political subdivision thereof) is being reviewed. > > > ### “(II) > > Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of Federal or State law, the Secretary of the Treasury may compare information disclosed under subclause
(I)with any other personally identifiable information derived from a Federal system of records or similar records maintained by a Federal contractor, a Federal grantee, or an entity administering a Federal program or activity, and may redisclose such comparison of information to any paying or administering agency and to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the head of any State agency charged with the administration of prisons with respect to inmates whom the Secretary of the Treasury has determined may have been issued, or facilitated in the issuance of, an improper payment. > > > ### “(III) > > The comparison of information disclosed under subclause
(I)shall not be considered a matching program for purposes of section 552a of title 5, United States Code.” > . ####
(2)Section 1611(e)(1)(i) Section 1611(e)(1)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)) is amended— #####
(A)in clause (iii), by inserting before the period the following: “, for statistical and research activities conducted by Federal and State agencies, and to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purposes of tax administration, debt collection, and identifying, preventing, and recovering improper payments under federally funded programs”; and #####
(B)by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(v) > > > ####
(I)> > The Commissioner may disclose information received pursuant to this paragraph to any officer, employee, agent, or contractor of the Department of the Treasury whose official duties require such information to assist in the identification, prevention, and recovery of improper payments or in the collection of delinquent debts owed to the United States, including payments certified by the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative paying agency, and payments made to individuals whose eligibility, or continuing eligibility, to participate in a Federal program (including those administered by a State or political subdivision thereof) is being reviewed. > > > ### “(II) > > Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of Federal or State law, the Secretary of the Treasury may compare information disclosed under subclause
(I)with any other personally identifiable information derived from a Federal system of records or similar records maintained by a Federal contractor, a Federal grantee, or an entity administering a Federal program or activity and may redisclose such comparison of information to any paying or administering agency and to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the head of any State agency charged with the administration of prisons with respect to inmates whom the Secretary of the Treasury has determined may have been issued, or facilitated in the issuance of, an improper payment. > > > ### “(III) > > The comparison of information disclosed under subclause
(I)shall not be considered a matching program for purposes of section 552a of title 5, United States Code.” > . ###
(c)Conforming Amendment to the Do Not Pay Initiative Section 5(a)(2) of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: > > ##### “(F) > > Information regarding incarcerated individuals maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security under sections 202(x) and 1611(e) of the Social Security Act.” > . # TITLE III NATURAL RESOURCES
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Sec. 204
IDENTIFICATION OF INMATES REQUESTING OR RECEIVING IMPROPER PAYMENTS
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