SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Amendments

Immigration: extend basic pilot employment verification system (S. 1685), S14505, S14843 [12NO]

Articles and editorials

Bush Pushes Plan To Curb Appeals in Medicare Cases, S7017 [22MY]

Medicare Appeal Process Should Not Be Weakened, S7018 [22MY]

Tilt! Medicare Looks To Rig Appeals System in Its Favor, S7018 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of HHS: ensure independence and preserve role of administrative law judges involved in Medicare appeals processes (see S. 1127), S6978 [22MY]

Immigration: extend basic pilot employment verification system (see S. 1685), S12192 [30SE] (see H.R. 2359), H5043 [5JN]

Motor vehicles: assess the advisability of requiring each State to use the SSA Death Master File in issuing drivers' licenses to individuals (see H.R. 2757), H7019 [16JY]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (see H.R. 1699), H3052 [9AP]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H59 [7JA]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 70), H54 [7JA] (see H.R. 1931), H3635 [1MY]

———require consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of personally identifiable information (see S. 745), S4557 [31MR]

Letters

Social Security system, S3937-S3939 [19MR]

Remarks in House

Hollandale, FL: dedication of office, E1051 [22MY]

Immigration: extend basic pilot employment verification system (H.R. 2359), H9893-H9898 [28OC]

———extend basic pilot employment verification system (S. 1685), H11582-H11586 [19NO], E2367, E2372 [21NO], E2389 [22NO]

Middlesboro, KY: tribute to SSA field office, E495 [18MR]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database, E712 [9AP]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (H.R. 220), E5 [8JA]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (H.R. 1931), E844 [1MY]

Somerset, KY: tribute to SSA field office, E494 [18MR]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HHS: ensure independence and preserve role of administrative law judges involved in Medicare appeals processes (S. 1127), S7016 [22MY]

Immigration: extend basic pilot employment verification system (S. 1685), S14504, S14505 [12NO]

Montana: tribute to Disability Determination Services, S13132 [23OC]

Privacy: require consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of personally identifiable information (S. 745), S4559-S4561 [31MR]

Reports filed

Basic Pilot Extension Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2359) (H. Rept. 108-304), H9281 [7OC], H9980 [28OC]

Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1685), S14176 [6NO]

Nomination of Bradley D. Belt to the Social Security Advisory Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S14804 [12NO]

Texts of

H.R. 2359, Basic Pilot Extension Act, H9893 [28OC]

S. 745, Privacy Act, S4561-S4570 [31MR]

S. 1127, Fair and Impartial Rights (FAIR) for Medicare Act, S7017 [22MY]

S. 1685, Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act, S14505 [12NO], H11582 [19NO]