5 U.S.C. § 8148 — Forfeiture of benefits by convicted felons

(a) Anyone convicted of violating section 1920 of title 18, or another federal or state fraud statute related to applying for or receiving benefits under this subchapter or subchapter III, forfeits — as of the conviction date — any right to benefits under this subchapter or subchapter III for any injury occurring on or before that date. This forfeiture applies in addition to anything the Secretary may already do under section 8106 or 8129. (b) (1) No matter what else this chapter says (except as provided in (3)), no benefits under this subchapter or subchapter III may be paid or provided to someone during any period they are confined in a jail, prison, or other penal institution or correctional facility, because of a felony conviction. (2) That person does not get to collect the benefits withheld during incarceration, after the incarceration ends. (3) If the incarcerated person has one or more dependents, as defined in section 8110(a), the Secretary of Labor may, during the incarceration, pay those dependents a percentage of the benefits the person would have received, computed under the percentages in section 8133(a)(1) through (5). (c) Despite section 552a of this title (a privacy law) or any other federal or state law, any federal or state agency (or political subdivision) must, on written request, give the Secretary of Labor the names and Social Security numbers of people confined in a jail, prison, or other penal institution or correctional facility under that agency's jurisdiction because of a felony conviction. The Secretary may require this information to carry out this section.