Meeting our Seniors’ Social Security Needs Act
Latest action · Oct 20, 2021 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.
- IntroducedOct 20, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Meeting our Seniors' Social Security Needs Act
This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to ensure that each SSA office and state agency that makes disability determinations for Social Security disability benefits is fully staffed to answer phone calls during standard business hours.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 20, 2021 to Nov 4, 2021; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Oct 20, 2021 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | Oct 20, 2021 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Nov 4, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Nov 4, 2021 |
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 Oct 20, 2021 |
| Social Security Subcommittee | Referred Oct 20, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2021Introduced in House
- Oct 20, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Oct 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 184, October 20, 2021, page H5726.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Social Security Act to ensure that each office of the Social Security Administration and each State agency that makes disability determinations are fully staffed with employees to answer calls during business hours, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Meeting our Seniors’ Social Security Needs Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2021Introduced 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.
