SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Appointments

Social Security Advisory Board, S6464 [25SE], H4117 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: establish American Dream Accounts for every child born in U.S. (see H.R. 9881), H5838 [27SE]

Congress: expedite consideration of bill to address insolvency of Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund in case that either trust fund becomes insolvent (see H.R. 9341), H4984 [9AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: notify SSA of change to citizenship status, immigration laws status, or work authorization status of individual with Social Security number and require citizenship to receive benefits (see H.R. 9613), H5238 [16SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 4942), S5774 [1AU] (see H.R. 9029), H4631 [15JY]

Disabled: carry out demonstration project relative to disability benefits of blind individuals (see H.R. 8878), H4442 [28JN]

——— permit disabled individuals to elect to receive disability insurance benefits during disability insurance benefit waiting period (see S. 4192), S2873 [18AP]

Federal agencies and departments: provide information on ABLE accounts and provide grants for increasing awareness of ABLE accounts (see S. 4910), S5681 [31JY]

Federal aid programs: provide benefits only to individuals verified to be U.S. citizens (see H.R. 7772), H1352 [21MR]

——— require certain period between notice of overpayment of benefits and beginning recovery of overpayment and report to Congress on strategy related to recovery of overpayments (see H.R. 8265), H2935 [7MY]

——— take certain actions to improve processing of claims and appeals for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income (see H.R. 8546), H3522 [23MY]

Social Security: make changes to terminology used in rules, regulation, guidance, or other materials relative to retirement age and benefits (see S. 4794), S5511 [25JY]

SSI: clarify use of direct deposit for contributions to ABLE program (see S. 4909), S5681 [31JY]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: reissue Social Security numbers to children in cases where confidentiality of number has been compromised (H.R. 3667), H139–H141 [16JA], H229 [18JA]

Crime: provide for single point of contact for victims of identity theft (H.R. 3784), H5255–H5257 [17SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs and SSA: implement automated systems with callback functionality for each customer service telephone line (H.R. 6656), H5776, H5777 [25SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H1105 [12MR]

Office of Universal Child Assistance: establish (H.R. 2540), H2991 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate

Bisignano, Frank: proposed nomination to be SSA Commissioner, S6955 [11DE]

Reports filed

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 9029) (H. Rept. 118–585), H4631 [15JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 4942) (S. Rept. 118–207), S5772 [1AU]

Texts of

H.R. 3667, Social Security Child Protection Act, H139 [16JA]

H.R. 3784, Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act, H5255 [17SE]

H.R. 6656, Stuck on Hold Act, H5776 [25SE]