Bill would limit debt collection from Social Security and railroad benefits

The bill would make specified federal rules for taking money from benefit payments to collect debts void and apply the Social Security safeguard to railroad benefits. The text applies the Social Security rule to Railroad retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance benefits as well as Social Security benefits. This applies to collections by administrative offset, which means taking money from a payment to collect a debt; it does not cancel the debt. The changes would apply to collections made on or after enactment, for claims arising before, on, or after that date.