SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Bills and resolutions

Commission on Privacy of Government Records: establish (see H.R. 1330), H1541 [15AP]

Consumers: prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge (see S. 868), S5444 [10JN]

Death certificates: require time limitation for the provision of death certificates by State and local governments to the Commissioner (see H.R. 2371), H6705 [31JY]

Federal Advisory Committee Act: application of public meeting and disclosure requirements to the Social Security Advisory Board (see S. 1165), S9198 [11SE]

Income: provide information on Social Security trust funds, personal earnings, and benefit estimates to eligible individuals (see S. 1145; H.R. 2669), S8723 [3SE], H8833 [9OC]

IRS: develop plan to eliminate mismatching of earnings information (see H.R. 591), H346 [5FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 251), H147 [9JA]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (see H.R. 1330, 1367), H1541 [15AP], H1704 [17AP]

———protection of Social Security numbers (see H.R. 2581), H8264 [30SE]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see S. 600; H.R. 1813), S3269 [16AP], H3567 [5JN]

———regulate use of Social Security numbers and other personal information by interactive computer services (see H.R. 1287), H1438 [10AP]

Social Security: require specific legislative recommendations to ensure solvency of trust funds (see S. 221; H.R. 2781), S726 [28JA], H9800 [30OC]

Social Security Disability Insurance Program: funding for SSI presumptive disability benefit programs (see H.R. 2422), H6962 [5SE]

Social Security Information Safeguards Panel: establish (see H.R. 1331), H1541 [15AP]

Voting: establish a system to respond to inquiries about the citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social Security number to register to vote (see H.R. 1428), H1890 [24AP]

Letters

Prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S5457 [10JN]

Voter Eligibility Verification Act: Bill Jones, California Sec. of State, H1855 [24AP]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.R. 1428, Voter Eligibility Verification Act, H1855 [24AP]

Memorandums

Health Care Govenment Regulations: Melody Harned, Health Insurance Association of America, E2178 [4NO]

Remarks in House

Commission on Privacy of Government Records: establish (H.R. 1330), H1346 [9AP]

Insurance: health care administrative simplification, E2065 [23OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (H.R. 251), E5 [7JA]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (H.R. 1330), H1346 [9AP]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (H.R. 1813), H3583 [10JN], H3870 [18JN], E1126 [5JN], E1526 [25JY], E1550 [29JY]

Social Security Disability Insurance Program: funding for SSI presumptive disability benefit programs (H.R. 2422), E1670 [5SE]

Social Security Information Safeguards Panel: establish (H.R. 1331), E665 [15AP]

SSI: eligibility of children for benefits, E839 [5MY]

Voting: establish a system to respond to inquiries about the citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H1854, H1855 [24AP]

Remarks in Senate

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments, S11211 [24OC]

Consumers: prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge (S. 868), S5456 [10JN]

Federal Advisory Committee Act: application of public meeting and disclosure requirements to the Social Security Advisory Board (S. 1165), S9210 [11SE]

Income: provide information on Social Security trust funds, personal earnings, and benefit estimates to eligible individuals (S. 1145), S8728 [3SE]

Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statements: modify to include employer's contributions, S8963, S8993 [9SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S9735 [19SE], S11499 [30OC]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (S. 600), S3292-S3294 [16AP]

Social Security: require specific legislative recommendations to ensure solvency of trust funds (S. 221), S753 [28JA]

Reports filed

Nomination of Kenneth S. Apfel To Be Commissioner of Social Security: Committee on Finance (Senate), S9197 [11SE]

Nomination of Stanford G. Ross to the Social Security Advisory Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S11341 [29OC]

Summaries

Voter Eligibility Verification Act (H.R. 1428), H1855 [24AP]

Tables

Economic assumptions underlying the mid-session review of President Clinton's fiscal year 1998 budget, S11211 [24OC]

———SSA, S11211 [24OC]

Numbers of SSI recipients receiving preliminary noncitizen status notices by State, S3364 [17AP]

Texts of

H.R. 1428, Voter Eligibility Verification Act, H1855 [24AP]

S. 600, Personal Information Privacy Act, S3293 [16AP]