Can anything unite Republicans and Democrats? How about…the Nazis.

House Republicans next week will debate and pass bipartisan legislation that would prevent the U.S. government from making Social Security payments to Nazi war criminals.

The issue came up in October, when the Associated Press reported that some Nazis were receiving these payments as part of agreements under which the recipients agreed to leave the United States. The AP said by 1999, 28 suspected Nazi war criminals had been paid $1.5 million, and said and handful of these people were still receiving these benefits today.

U.S. legislators will pass a bill next week to stop Social Security payments to Nazi war criminals.

Last week, Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) proposed the No Social Security for Nazis Act, which would terminate any benefit still going to confirmed or suspected Nazi war criminals. His bill has more than a dozen GOP and a dozen Democratic cosponsors.

"Congress enacted social security legislation to provide earned benefits for workers and their families, should they retire, become disabled, or die," the bill finds. "Congress never intended for participants in Nazi persecution to be allowed to enter the United States or to reap the benefits of United States residency or citizenship, including participation in the nation's Social Security program."

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced Wednesday that members would consider the bill as early as Tuesday, under rules that will allow it to be quickly debated and passed. Noncontroversial bills such as this one are often called up and approved in voice votes when it's clear there's no significant opposition.

Read Johnson's bill here: