[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2989 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2989

  To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify the mailing 
      requirement relating to social security account statements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 5, 2019

Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify the mailing 
      requirement relating to 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 ``Know Your Social Security Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT TO MAIL SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT 
              STATEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1143 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b-13) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``Such statement shall be provided by mail unless 
        the requesting individual chooses electronic delivery for that 
        request.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``Beginning not later than'' and 
                inserting ``(A) Beginning not later than'';
                    (B) by inserting ``by mail'' after ``provide''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B) In any case in which the Commissioner determines that an 
eligible individual described in subparagraph (A)--
            ``(i) has accessed their statement electronically during 
        the 1-year period ending on any date on which the Commissioner 
        would otherwise be required to provide such statement by mail 
        in accordance with this paragraph; and
            ``(ii) has declined to receive their statement by mail for 
        such period,
the requirements of this paragraph shall be deemed to be satisfied for 
such period.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to social security account statements required to be 
provided after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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