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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="8101" measure-id="id117hr8101" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-06-16" update-date="2022-07-08">
        <title>To direct the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a study relating to administrative costs.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr8101v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-07-08">
            <action-date>2022-06-16</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to study and report on ways to insure the solvency of the Social Security program while protecting current benefits.</p> <p>In its study, the SSA must address lowering administrative costs of the program and investigate means testing, flat benefits, and basing benefits on lifelong labor earnings.</p>]]></summary-text>
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