[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3649 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3649

   To amend part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to include 
retirees among recipients of annual Social Security account statements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1998

  Ms. Dunn  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to include 
retirees among recipients of annual Social Security account statements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Sunshine Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF RETIREES AMONG RECIPIENTS OF ANNUAL SOCIAL 
              SECURITY ACCOUNT STATEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1143 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b-13) is amended to read as follows:

                  ``social security account statements

                    ``Provision of Annual Statements

    ``Sec. 1143. (a) The Commissioner of Social Security shall provide 
an annual social security account statement (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the `statement') to each eligible individual for 
whom a mailing address can be determined through such methods as the 
Commissioner determines to be appropriate. Such statement shall be in a 
form which is easily understood by the typical worker or beneficiary.

                        ``Contents of Statement

    ``(b) Each statement shall contain--
            ``(1) the amount of wages paid to and self-employment 
        income derived by the eligible individual as shown by the 
        records of the Commissioner;
            ``(2) an estimate of the aggregate of the employer, 
        employee, and self-employment contributions of the eligible 
        individual for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance as 
        shown by the records of the Commissioner;
            ``(3) a separate estimate of the aggregate of the employer, 
        employee, and self-employment contributions of the eligible 
        individual for hospital insurance as shown by the records of 
        the Commissioner;
            ``(4) an estimate of the potential monthly retirement, 
        disability, survivor, and auxiliary benefits payable on the 
        eligible individual's account together with a description of 
        the benefits payable under the medicare program of title XVIII; 
        and
            ``(5) in the case of an eligible individual who is 
        receiving benefits under section 202 based on such individual's 
        account, an estimate of the total amount paid to such 
        individual as such benefits, as shown on the records of the 
        Commissioner.

                         ``Eligible Individual

    ``(c) For purposes of this section, the term ``eligible 
individual'' means an individual who--
            ``(1) has a social security account number,
            ``(2) has attained age 25 or over, and
            ``(3) has wages or net earnings from self-employment.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to statements provided on or after October 1, 1999.
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