Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act 119–119 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel 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. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20240419 2026-10-23 Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act 18493 119 2026-10-07 Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act [(Public Law 119–119)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 119–119. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals who are victims of identity theft.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. [42 U.S.C. 1305 note] SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act”.
SEC. 2. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS. (a) In General.—Title VII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 714. [42 U.S.C. 915] SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS “(a) In General.—The Commissioner of Social Security shall establish and implement procedures to ensure that any individual whose social security account number has been misused (such as to fraudulently obtain benefits under title II, VIII, or XVI of this Act, or in a manner that affects an individual’s records at the Social Security Administration, or in a manner that prompts the individual to request a new social security account number) or whose Social Security card has been lost in the course of transmission to the individual has a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration throughout the resolution of the individual’s case. The single point of contact shall track the individual’s case to completion and coordinate with other units to resolve issues as quickly as possible. “(b) Single Point of Contact.— “(1) In general.—For purposes of subsection (a), the single point of contact shall consist of a team or subset of specially trained employees who— “(A) have the ability to coordinate with other units to resolve the issues involved in the individual’s case, and “(B) shall be accountable for the case until its resolution. “(2) Team or subset.—The employees included within the team or subset described in paragraph (1) may change as required to meet the needs of the Social Security Administration, provided that procedures have been established to— “(A) ensure continuity of records and case history, and “(B) notify the individual when appropriate.”
. (b) [42 U.S.C. 915 note] Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.