H.R. 5214 · 116th Congress · enacted
Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
Became Public Law No: 116-126.
Latest official action 2020-03-18 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019 This bill prohibits a representative payee (i.e., a person designated to receive payments on behalf of a minor, a mentally incompetent individual, or an individual under other legal disability) from embezzling or converting the amounts received from certain retirement funds. If the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) determines that a representative payee has embezzled or converted payments from the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System for a use other than the benefit of the individual on whose behalf such payments were received, OPM shall (1) revoke the certification for payment of benefits to the representative payee, and (2) certify payment to another representative payee or to the individual.
Congressional Research Service · 2020-03-18
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
2 of 2 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10,000
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordMACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$5,000
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION$4,000
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$2,500
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordD.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$2,500
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC - A FUND FOR A HEALTHY AMERICA$2,000
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordCALIFORNIANS FOR FREEDOM$1,000
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordEND CITIZENS UNITED$1,000
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordUNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB$1,000
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordFRIENDS OF WAYNE STATE$500
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $500
Official PAC recordLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND$50
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $50
Official PAC recordAMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$0
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $0
Official PAC recordUNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$0
Rashida Tlaib · Sponsor · $0
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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Measured outcome: not established
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