SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Amendments

Federal agencies and departments: improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (S. 1360), S5840 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions

Benefits: prohibit seizing of tax refunds to repay overpayments, restore statute of limitations applicable to debt collection through administrative offset, and prevent recovery of overpayments to children (see S. 2453), S3544 [10JN]

Budget: require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress (see H.R. 3997), H1658 [5FE]

Colleges and universities: discharge student loans for borrowers who are determined by the SSA to be under a disability without expectation of medical or functional improvement (see H.R. 3926), H1252 [23JA]

Consumers: continue to make Social Security number printouts and benefit verification letters available at field offices (see H.R. 4964), H5767 [25JN]

Crime: provide payment for fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining replacement Social Security card for certain victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 5362), H7183 [31JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5464), H7528 [15SE]

Families and domestic relations: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see S. 2305), S2875 [8MY] (see H.R. 4664), H4434 [15MY]

Field offices: provide public notice and input prior to closure, consolidation, or public access limitation of field or hearing offices (see S. 2742), S5217 [31JY]

Government: restore the 10-year statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset (see H.R. 4491), H3240 [28AP]

Social Security: improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 4090), H2000 [26FE]

——— prevent disability fraud (see H.R. 5260), H7125 [30JY]

——— prohibit assignment of account numbers and payment of disability benefits to, and deny credit toward benefits for earnings from unauthorized work by, certain illegal aliens (see H.R. 5774), H8225 [1DE]

USAccounts family savings program: establish (see H.R. 5576), H7883 [18SE]

Cloture motions

Colvin, Carolyn Watts: nomination to be SSA Commissioner, S6798 [13DE]

Lists

SSA employees who stopped fraud conspiracies in Puerto Rico and New York, E248 [26FE]

Notices

Intention to object to nomination of Carolyn Watts Colvin to be SSA Commissioner: Senator Hatch, S6304 [3DE]

Remarks in House

Budget: require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress (H.R. 3997), H2858 [3AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H441 [15JA], H4813 [22MY]

Federal employees: tribute to for stopping fraud conspiracies in Puerto Rico and New York, E248 [26FE]

Government: require adequate notice and justification for closing of field offices, H1553 [4FE]

Social Security: improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (H.R. 4090), E251 [26FE]

——— prevent disability fraud (H.R. 5260), H7054 [30JY]

Remarks in Senate

Colvin, Carolyn Watts: nomination to be SSA Commissioner, S6662 [11DE], S6798 [13DE]

——— nomination to be SSA Commissioner, unanimous-consent request, S6886, S6887 [16DE]

——— suitability to be SSA Commissioner relative to allegations of waste and mismanagement while Acting SSA Commissioner, S6662 [11DE], S6886, S6887 [16DE]

Dept. of Justice: investigation into fraudulent Social Security disability claims, S6889–S6891 [16DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S412 [16JA], S3647–S3649 [12JN]

Federal agencies and departments: improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (S. 1360), S5877 [18SE]

Social Security: strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (S. 567), S1043 [25FE]

Reports filed

Nomination of Carolyn Watts Colvin To Be SSA Commissioner: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5779 [18SE]