I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendments be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee-reported amendments were agreed to. The bill (S. 1576), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 1576 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE FRAUD. (a) In General.-- (1) CSRS.--Subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8345 the following: ``Sec. 8345a. Embezzlement or conversion of payments ``(a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any person that is authorized by the Office under section 8345(e) to receive payments on behalf of a minor or an individual mentally incompetent or under other legal disability to embezzle or in any manner convert all or any part of the amounts received from such payments to a use other than for the use and benefit of such minor or individual. ``(b) Penalty.--Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.…
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