[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5110 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5110

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2008

  Mr. Higgins (for himself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Baca, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
   Courtney, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Moore of 
   Kansas, and Mr. Ellison) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDING SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION BUDGETARY MATTERS.

    (a) Annual Budget.--Section 704(b)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 904(b)(1)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1)(A) The Commissioner shall prepare and submit an annual 
budget estimate for the Administration directly to the President and 
Congress.''.
    (b) Contents of Budget.--Section 704(b)(1)(B) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 904(b)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(B) The Commissioner shall include in the annual budget prepared 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) the following:
            ``(i) An itemization of the amount of funds required by the 
        Administration to combat fraud committed by applicants and 
        beneficiaries.
            ``(ii) The total number of cases pending at each hearing 
        office, listed by hearing office, and an aggregate total of all 
        cases pending at all hearing offices.
            ``(iii) The total number of cases pending for over the 
        preceding year at each hearing office, listed by both hearing 
        office and presiding administrative judge, and an aggregate 
        total of all cases pending for over such year at all hearing 
        offices.
            ``(iv) The average duration of time to process each case at 
        each hearing office, listed by hearing office.
            ``(v) The staffing levels at each hearing office and field 
        office, including a listing of job titles, classifications, and 
        the number of staff within each title and classification.
            ``(vi) Employment statistics for each field office, for 
        each preceding year after 1979, including the number of 
        employees hired, retired, transferred in and out, and dismissed 
        during such year.''.
    (c) Closure of Field Offices.--Section 704(b)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 904(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph:
    ``(C) The Commissioner may not close or otherwise limit public 
access to a field office of the Administration until 180 days after the 
date on which the Commissioner submits to the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate a detailed report outlining and justifying the process for 
selecting field offices to be closed or otherwise have limited access. 
Such report shall include--
            ``(i) an analysis of the criteria used for selecting field 
        offices for closure or limited access and how the Commissioner 
        analyzes and considers factors relating to transportation and 
        communication burdens faced by seniors and the disabled;
            ``(ii) a cost-benefit analysis for each field office 
        closure that takes into account--
                    ``(I) the anticipated savings as a result of the 
                closure;
                    ``(II) the anticipated burdens, including 
                communication and transportation burdens, placed on 
                elderly and disabled citizens; and
                    ``(III) the anticipated costs associated with 
                replacing the services lost by the closure.''.
    (d) Comprehensive Work Force Plan.--Section 704(b)(2)(A) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 904(b)(2)(A)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: ``Not later than 90 days before a revision of 
the comprehensive work force plan, the Commissioner shall submit the 
document setting forth the revision to the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate.''.
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