3.0.0 3997 2023-01-11T13:27:01Z 2023-01-11T13:27:01Z House H HR 2014-02-05 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HIGGINS:H.R. 3997.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H1659]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-02-05T15:01:15Z 2014-03-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2858-2859) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2014-02-05 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2014-02-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-02-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001038 Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] Brian Higgins D NY 26 N S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 15 2014-02-05 True D000533 Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] JOHN DUNCAN R TN J. 2 2014-02-05 True F000030 Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20] SAM FARR D CA 20 2014-02-14 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] JOHN CONYERS D MI 13 2014-02-18 False M001171 Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-24] Daniel Maffei D NY B. 24 2014-02-18 False S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 2014-02-18 False L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 2014-02-18 False S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 25 2014-02-27 False P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2014-02-27 False J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2014-02-27 False L000580 Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] Michelle Lujan Grisham D NM 1 2014-03-04 False O000169 Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21] William Owens D NY L. 21 2014-03-04 False C001061 Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] Emanuel Cleaver D MO 5 2014-04-01 False B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2014-04-01 False R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2014-04-01 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2014-06-05 False B001252 Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] John Barrow D GA 12 2014-06-05 False K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2014-06-11 False L000563 Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] Daniel Lipinski D IL William 3 2014-07-11 False B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 2014-07-11 False J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2014-07-29 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2014-07-29 False C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 14 2014-09-08 False H001064 Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] Denny Heck D WA 10 2014-09-08 False J000295 Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] David Joyce R OH P. 14 2014-09-08 False Social Welfare Administrative remedies Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Social Security Administration Social security and elderly assistance Social Welfare 00 2014-02-05 Introduced in House 2014-02-25T19:49:00Z Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to submit an annual budget estimate of the Social Security Administration (SSA) (instead of a budget) directly to Congress and the President (instead of first to the President, who would submit it to Congress).

Revises requirements for the general contents of the SSA budget, requiring inclusion of the number of cases pending at each hearing office and the average processing time.

Prohibits the Commissioner from closing or consolidating SSA field or hearing offices, or otherwise limiting public access to one, until 180 days after submitting to specified congressional committees a detailed report outlining and justifying the process for selecting field offices to be closed, consolidated, or otherwise have limited access.

Prohibits the Commissioner from closing an SSA field or hearing office, consolidating two or more such offices, or otherwise imposing any new limitation on public access to any such office unless the Commissioner follows certain administrative procedures.

]]> Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2014 Display Title Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to require the President to transmit the annual budget of the Social Security Administration without revisions to Congress, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2014-02-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3997ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3997ih.xml 2014-03-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2858-2859) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.