SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Amendments

Federal agencies and departments: provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments (S. 614), S6083, S6084 [28JY]

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. 204), S347 [21JA] (see H.R. 409), H430 [20JA]

——— provide for quality reviews of benefit decisions (see S. 1922), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 2136), H2767 [30AP]

Budget: require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress and clarify process for closure of field offices (see H.R. 2169), H2768 [30AP]

Children and youth: reissue Social Security numbers to children in cases in which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised (see H.R. 1474), H1801 [19MR]

Civil liberties: prohibit the furnishing of names in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective (see H.R. 3126), H5329 [21JY]

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. 3679), H6787 [1OC]

Cuba: provide that certain Cuban entrants are ineligible to receive refugee assistance (see H.R. 4247), H9327 [15DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1695), S4648 [25JN] (see S. 2132), S7124 [5OC] (see H.R. 3020), H5087 [10JY]

Disabled: make on-line tools available to allow individuals to assess the impact of earnings on eligibility for, and amount of, disability benefits received through Federal and State programs (see S. 1197), S2650 [5MY] (see H.R. 1795), H2268 [15AP]

——— prevent disability fraud (see S. 1929), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 2359), H3251 [15MY]

——— provide certain individuals with information on employment support services (see S. 1923), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 2135), H2767 [30AP]

——— update medical-vocational guidelines used in disability determinations (see S. 1194), S2650 [5MY] (see H.R. 1800), H2268 [15AP]

Employment: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 786), S1629 [18MR] (see H.R. 1439), H1768 [18MR]

Families and domestic relations: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see S. 753), S1585 [17MR] (see H.R. 1404), H1721 [17MR]

——— enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (see S. 369), S772 [4FE]

Federal agencies and departments: modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (see S. 1073), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2003), H2463 [23AP]

——— provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments (see S. 614), S1201 [27FE] (see H.R. 2320), H3211 [14MY]

Federal aid programs: implement certain recordkeeping recommendations (see H.R. 2777), H4382 [15JN]

——— prohibit administrative offset of Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefit payments with respect to claims arising from Federal debts (see S. 2387), S8602 [10DE]

Firearms: prohibit use of determinations to consider an individual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H6074 [16SE]

Government: restore the 10-year statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset (see H.R. 112), H39 [6JA]

Immigration: prohibit issuance of Social Security numbers to individuals given deferred action under immigration Executive actions (see S. 748), S1528 [16MR]

Social Security: improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 1419), H1767 [18MR]

——— 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. 1996), H2463 [23AP]

——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (see S. 1940), S6379 [5AU]

Taxation: permit the Dept. of the Treasury and the SSA to disclose certain return information relative to identity theft (see S. 1323), S2849 [13MY] (see H.R. 2398), H3308 [18MY]

USAccounts family savings program: establish (see H.R. 4045), H8279 [17NO]

Letters

Financial effects of elimination of cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, S815 [5FE]

Remarks in House

Civil liberties: prohibit the furnishing of names in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective, H5342 [22JY]

Disabled: update medical-vocational guidelines used in disability determinations (H.R. 1800), H2219 [15AP]

Federal agencies and departments: provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments (S. 614), H9018–H9021 [7DE]

Social Security: improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (H.R. 1419), E356 [18MR]

——— 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, H2365 [22AP]

Remarks in Senate

Benefits: provide for quality reviews of benefit decisions (S. 1922), S6297–S6299 [4AU]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 2132), S7127 [5OC], S7130 [6OC]

Disabled: prevent disability fraud (S. 1929), S6298 [4AU]

——— provide certain individuals with information on employment support services (S. 1923), S6297–S6299 [4AU]

Employment: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (S. 786), S4108 [11JN]

Families and domestic relations: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (S. 369), S8059 [18NO]

Federal agencies and departments: provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments (S. 614), S6084 [28JY]

Federal aid programs: prohibit administrative offset of Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefit payments with respect to claims arising from Federal debts (S. 2387), S8604 [10DE]

Homosexuality: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure equal treatment of same-sex married couples under Social Security and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S2005, S2006 [26MR], S2200, S2210 [15AP]

Law enforcement: prohibit the publishing of Social Security numbers of deceased individuals in the Death Master File, S1520 [16MR]

Social Security: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expand and protect benefits, S2012 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect and strengthen, S1767 [24MR]

——— prevent disability fraud, S4126 [15JN], S8208 [1DE]

Reports filed

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3020) (H. Rept. 114–195), H5087 [10JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1695) (S. Rept. 114–74), S4646 [25JN]

Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 614) (S. Rept. 114–86), S5210 [21JY]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2320) (H. Rept. 114–299), H7026 [20OC]

Texts of

S. 614, Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act, S6083 [28JY], H9018 [7DE]

S. 2387, Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act, S8604 [10DE]