Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 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.
- IntroducedSep 14, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act
This bill prohibits the application of, and repeals authority for, administrative offsets to Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefits. (An administrative offset is the withholding of funds payable by or held by the United States to satisfy a debt.)
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2023 to Sep 17, 2024; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | May 22, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Sep 17, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 14, 2023 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 14, 2023 |
| Social Security Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Sep 14, 2023Introduced in House
- Sep 14, 2023Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 169, no. 149, September 14, 2023, page H4347.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2804 | Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act | Identical bill | Sep 14, 2023 |
| S 5532 | Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 24, 2026 |
| HR 5866 | Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act | Reintroduction of | Nov 4, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To restore protections for Social Security, Railroad retirement, and Black Lung benefits from administrative offset.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2023Introduced 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.
