118 STAT. 493 PUBLIC LAW 108–203—MAR. 2, 2004 Public Law 108–203 108th Congress An Act To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security In come beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program protections, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Protection Act of 2004’’. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. TITLE I—PROTECTION OF BENEFICIARIES Subtitle A—Representative Payees Sec. 101. Authority to reissue benefits misused by organizational representative payees. Sec. 102. Oversight of representative payees. Sec. 103. Disqualification from service as representative payee of persons convicted of offenses resulting in imprisonment for more than 1 year or fleeing prosecution, custody, or confinement. Sec. 104. Fee forfeiture in case of benefit misuse by representative payees. Sec. 105. Liability of representative payees for misused benefits. Sec. 106. Authority to redirect delivery of benefit payments when a representative payee fails to provide required accounting. Sec. 107. Survey of use of payments by representative payees. Subtitle B—Enforcement Sec. 111. Civil monetary penalty authority with respect to wrongful conversions by representative payees. TITLE II—PROGRAM PROTECTIONS Sec. 201. Civil monetary penalty authority with respect to withholding of material facts. Sec. 202. Issuance by Commissioner of Social Security of receipts to acknowledge submission of reports of changes in work or earnings status of disabled beneficiaries. Sec. 203. Denial of title II benefits to persons fleeing prosecution, custody, or con finement, and to persons violating probation or parole. Sec. 204. Requirements relating to offers to provide for a fee, a product or service available without charge from the Social Security Administration. Sec. 205. Refusal to recognize certain individuals as claimant representatives. Sec. 206. Criminal penalty for corrupt or forcible interference with administration of Social Security Act. Sec. 207. Use of symbols, emblems, or names in reference to social security or medicare. Sec. 208. Disqualification from payment during trial work period upon conviction of fraudulent concealment of work activity. Sec. 209. Authority for judicial orders of restitution. 42 USC 1305 note. Social Security Protection Act of 2004. Mar. 2, 2004 [H.R. 743]
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