1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019 . 2. Representative payee fraud (a) Definitions (1) CSRS Section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (31), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (32), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (33) representative payee means a person (including an organization) designated under section 8345(e)(1) to receive payments on behalf of a minor or an individual mentally incompetent or under other legal disability. . (2) FERS Section 8401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (37), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (38), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (39) representative payee means a person (including an organization) designated under section 8466(c)(1) to receive payments on behalf of a minor or an individual mentally incompetent or under other legal disability. . (b) Embezzlement or conversion (1) CSRS Subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8345 the following: 8345a. Embezzlement or conversion of payments (a) Embezzling and conversion generally (1) In general It shall be unlawful for a representative payee to embezzle or in any manner convert all or any part of the amounts received from payments received as a representative payee to a use other than for the use and benefit of the minor or individual on whose behalf such payments were received. (2) Revocation If the Office determines that a representative payee has embezzled or converted payments as described in paragraph (1), the Office shall promptly— (A) revoke the certification for payment of benefits to the representative payee; and (B) certify payment— (i) to another representative payee