S.1042 - Illegal Garnishment Prevention Act

A bill to prohibit the use of funds to promote the direct deposit of Veterans and Social Security benefits until adequate safeguards are established to prevent the attachment and garnishment of such benefits. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to promote the direct deposit of Veterans and Social Security benefits until adequate safeguards are established to prevent the attachment and garnishment of such benefits. as introduced.
  • Short: Illegal Garnishment Prevention Act as introduced.

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5/14/2009--Introduced.Illegal Garnishment Prevention Act - Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or the Commissioner of Social Security for FY2010 or any fiscal year thereafter from being used to promot

Official Summary

5/14/2009--Introduced.Illegal Garnishment Prevention Act - Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or the Commissioner of Social Security for FY2010 or any fiscal year thereafter from being used to promote or otherwise encourage recipients of veterans benefits or benefits paid under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to use direct deposit for the payment of such benefits until:
(1) the Secretary of the Treasury promulgates rules establishing procedures to ensure that such benefits are protected from attachment and garnishment; and
(2) at least five of the seven members of the advisory committee established under this Act concur in advising the Secretary that such procedures provide adequate safeguards. Establishes a Social Security Benefits Protection from Attachment or Garnishment Advisory Committee.

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05/22/11
S.1042: Medicare Patient Empowerment Act - U.S. ... - OpenCongress

S.1042 - Medicare Patient Empowerment Act. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare payment option for patients and physicians or practitioners to freely contract, without penalty, ...

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12/03/10
WESTERHOLTE » Blog Archive » Willkommen in Westerholte

Die Gesamtzahl aller Steine für die 8 Denkmäler ist im Jahre 1841 auf 50 Decksteine und 329 Träger und Umfassungssteine berechnet worden (Meyer, Provinz Hannover, S. 1042). Weiter heißt es:”Es sind 8 steinernde Denkmäler, ...

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11/25/10
BPatG: Zeichenfolge "Pfirsich-Zauber" nicht als Marke für ...

Naumann & Göbel, a. a. O., S. 1042; Bertelsmann, Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 2004, S. 1569, jeweils zu „Zauber“), zu bezeichnen [...] Da die beanspruchten Lebensmittel sämtlich Inhalts-, Aroma- oder Duftstoffe von Pfirsichfrüchten ...

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