1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2017 . 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Title I—Strengthening Oversight and Beneficiary Protection Sec. 101. Stronger monitoring of representative payees. Sec. 102. Reducing the burden on families. Sec. 103. Protecting beneficiaries through information sharing. Sec. 104. Clarifying overpayment liability for child in child welfare system. Sec. 105. Reports. Title II—Improving Payee Selection and Quality Sec. 201. Advance designation of representative payees. Sec. 202. Prohibition on individuals convicted of certain crimes serving as representative payees. Sec. 203. Prohibition on individuals with representative payees serving as representative payees. Sec. 204. Reassessment of payee selection and replacement policies. I Strengthening Oversight and Beneficiary Protection 101. Stronger monitoring of representative payees (a) Protection and advocacy for beneficiaries with representative payees Section 205(j)(6) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405(j)(6) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) (i) The Commissioner of Social Security shall make annual grants directly to the protection and advocacy system serving each of the States and the American Indian consortium for the purpose of conducting reviews of representative payees in accordance with this subparagraph. The total amount used by the Commissioner for such grants each year— (I) shall be an amount sufficient, as determined by the Commissioner in consultation with each of the protection and advocacy systems, to carry out all of the activities described in clause (ii)