Protecting Americans’ Social Security Data Act
Latest action · Mar 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Americans’ Social Security Data Act
This bill prohibits political appointees and special government employees from accessing Social Security data systems that contain personally identifiable information about Social Security beneficiaries.
Specifically, political appointees and special government employees may not access systems maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that issue or record Social Security account numbers, that are used to determine eligibility for or to pay Social Security benefits, or that otherwise contain personally identifiable information about individuals receiving or applying for benefits.
The bill also establishes a civil right of action for an individual whose information was negligently accessed or disclosed in violation of these provisions. The individual may bring suit against the United States if the violator was a U.S. employee or officer, or against the violator if they were not a U.S. employee or officer. Such a claim must be brought within two years of the affected individual’s discovery of the violation. Upon a finding of liability, defendants are liable for specified monetary damages.
If an individual is criminally charged or subject to proposed disciplinary or adverse action by a federal or state agency for having accessed or disclosed information in violation of these provisions, SSA must notify the individual whose information was accessed or disclosed of the violation as soon as practicable.
Finally, the bill requires the SSA Office of the Inspector General to investigate and report to Congress on any unauthorized access to or disclosure of information in a beneficiary data system.
Cosponsors 152
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026; 70 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Jun 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jun 25, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jun 25, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Jun 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Sep 10, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Sep 10, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Sep 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-PR | Pablo José Hernández | Dec 11, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Feb 25, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Mar 5, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Mar 19, 2026 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Aug 31, 2026 |
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 Mar 5, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2663 | John B. Larson D-CT | Jun 12, 2025 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 5042 | Social Security 2100 Act | Related bill | Jul 21, 2026 |
| HR 9519 | Social Security 2100 Act | Related bill | Jun 29, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to establish that political appointees and special governments may not access beneficiary data systems, to establish civil penalties for certain violations relating to disclosure or access of beneficiary information, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Americans’ Social Security Data Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government liability
- Government studies and investigations
- Right of privacy
- Social Security Administration
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2025Introduced in House
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