SSA Death Master File Access by Treasury (Improper Payments)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-06-09 — Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act: Companion effort to expand Treasury’s improper-payment data authorities beyond the Death Master File to taxpayer and SSA data via mandatory pre-payment screening (Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act, introduced). (novelty: 3)
2026-01-07 — Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act: cross-connection with treasury-do-not-pay-ssa-death-master-file: Both pages track the same SSA–Treasury Death Master File sharing regime from complementary angles (Treasury Do Not Pay access vs. SSA disclosure authority); the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act would make the arrangement permanent on both sides. (novelty: 2)
2026-02-10 — Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act: Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act (enacted) permanently authorizes Treasury access to SSA’s full death data for the Do Not Pay system, imposes a clear-and-convincing evidence standard before SSA records a death, and requires that corrections be shared with benefit-paying agencies. (novelty: 2)