Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss (MAIL) Act of 2016
Latest action · Sep 26, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedMay 25, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 25, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss (MAIL) Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Social Security Administration to ensure that no document it sends by mail includes a complete Social Security account number unless necessary.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 545 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed414–0 | Sep 22, 2016 |
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2016 to Jul 25, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | Original | May 25, 2016 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jun 3, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Jun 14, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Jun 22, 2016 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Jul 25, 2016 |
Committees 2
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 May 25, 2016Markup Jul 13, 2016Reported Jul 25, 2016 |
| Social Security Subcommittee | Referred Jun 2, 2016 | |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2016 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Sep 22, 2016Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5835-5836)
- Sep 22, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 0 (Roll no. 545). (text: CR 09/20/2016 H5682)
- Sep 22, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 20, 2016Mr. Johnson, Sam moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1401 | Suzanne Bonamici D-OR | Sep 29, 2016 |
| House | Recorded votes H5835enact | — | Sep 22, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5682, H5683Text printed H5682 | James B. Renacci R-OH, Sam Johnson R-TX, Sander M. Levin D-MI | Sep 20, 2016 |
| House | Lists H3265H.R. 5320–5335 | — | May 25, 2016 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 20, 2016H.R. 5320, Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss (MAIL) Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 13, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 83, May 25, 2016, page H3265.
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To restrict the inclusion of social security account numbers on documents sent by mail by the Social Security Administration, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss (MAIL) Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss (MAIL) Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss (MAIL) Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2016Referred in Senate
- Sep 22, 2016Engrossed in House
- Jul 25, 2016Reported in House
- May 25, 2016Introduced 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.
