Union Calendar No. 156
118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
[Report No. 118–191]
To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals who are victims of identity theft.
June 1, 2023
Mr. Ferguson (for himself and Mr. Larson of Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
September 12, 2023
Additional sponsor: Ms. Malliotakis
September 12, 2023
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 1, 2023]
To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals who are victims of identity theft.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act”.
SEC. 2. Single point of contact for identity theft victims.
(a) In general.—Title VII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 714. Single point of contact for identity theft victims.
“(a) In general.—The Commissioner of Social Security shall establish and implement procedures to ensure that any individual whose social security account number has been misused (such as to fraudulently obtain benefits under title II, VIII, or XVI of this Act, or in a manner that affects an individual’s records at the Social Security Administration, or in a manner that prompts the individual to request a new social security account number) or whose social security card has been lost in the course of transmission to the individual has a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration throughout the resolution of the individual’s case. The single point of contact shall track the individual’s case to completion and coordinate with other units to resolve issues as quickly as possible.
“(b) Single point of contact.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a), the single point of contact shall consist of a team or subset of specially trained employees who—
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[Report No. 118–191] | |||||
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To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals who are victims of identity theft. | |||||
September 12, 2023 | |||||
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed |