To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to require the President to transmit the annual budget of the Social Security Administration without revisions to Congress, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jan 28, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 23, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends title XVIII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the Commissioner of Social Security to submit the annual budget of the Social Security Administration (SSA) directly to Congress and the President; (2) specify the general contents of the budget, including the amount of funds required to combat fraud committed by applicants and beneficiaries, the number of pending cases and the average processing time, as well as employment statistics for each hearing and field office; (3) prohibit the Commissioner from closing or otherwise limiting public access to an SSA field office until 180 days after submitting to specified congressional committees a detailed report outlining and justifying the process for selecting field offices to be closed or otherwise have limited access; and (4) require the Commissioner to submit to the same committees, 90 days before revising the comprehensive work force plan which must accompany any appropriations request for SSA staffing and personnel, a document setting forth the revision.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 23, 2008 to Jul 16, 2008; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Jan 23, 2008 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 23, 2008 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Jan 23, 2008 |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Original | Jan 23, 2008 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Jan 23, 2008 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Jan 23, 2008 |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Original | Jan 23, 2008 |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Original | Jan 23, 2008 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jan 23, 2008 |
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | Feb 14, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 14, 2008 | |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Feb 14, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Feb 14, 2008 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 14, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Feb 26, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Feb 26, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Feb 26, 2008 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Feb 28, 2008 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Feb 28, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Mar 4, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Mar 4, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Mar 4, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Mar 5, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Mar 5, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Mar 5, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 6, 2008 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jun 9, 2008 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jul 16, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 23, 2008 |
| Social Security Subcommittee | Referred Jan 28, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Jan 23, 2008Introduced in House
- Jan 23, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-79 | HEARING ON CLEARING THE DISABILITY BACKLOG: GIVING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO PROVIDE THE BENEFITS WORKERS HAVE EARNED232 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Apr 23, 2008 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to require the President to transmit the annual budget of the Social Security Administration without revisions to Congress, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive reorganization
- Federal employees
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government spending reductions
- Government statistics
- Health
- Law
- Medicare
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Social Security Administration
- Social Welfare
- Supplemental security income program
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 23, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
