HR 1877 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 5, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-COBrittany PettersenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NVDina TitusOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WAEmily RandallOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILEric SorensenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-RIGabe AmoOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MDGlenn IveyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-OHGreg LandsmanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-AZGreg StantonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MAJake AuchinclossOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYJosh RileyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MDKweisi MfumeOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJLaMonica McIverOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILLauren UnderwoodOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-KYMorgan McGarveyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILNikki BudzinskiOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CARo KhannaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CASara JacobsOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MDSarah ElfrethOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-OHShontel M. BrownOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-AZYassamin AnsariOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MEChellie PingreeMar 10, 2025
D-FLDarren SotoMar 10, 2025
D-NCDeborah K. RossMar 10, 2025
D-MIHillary J. ScholtenMar 10, 2025
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaMar 10, 2025
D-CAJimmy GomezMar 10, 2025
D-CABrad ShermanMar 24, 2025
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzMar 24, 2025
D-CADerek TranMar 24, 2025
D-MNKelly MorrisonMar 24, 2025
D-WAMarilyn StricklandMar 24, 2025
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonMar 24, 2025
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyMar 24, 2025
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingMar 24, 2025
D-MDApril McClain DelaneyMar 31, 2025
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Mar 31, 2025
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonMar 31, 2025
D-NYGeorge LatimerMar 31, 2025
D-NYGrace MengMar 31, 2025
D-MAJames P. McGovernMar 31, 2025
D-CAJim CostaMar 31, 2025
D-CALateefah SimonMar 31, 2025
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyMar 31, 2025
D-ORMaxine DexterMar 31, 2025
D-CAMaxine WatersMar 31, 2025
D-NJMikie SherrillMar 31, 2025
D-CARaul RuizMar 31, 2025
D-WARick LarsenMar 31, 2025
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciMar 31, 2025
D-MOWesley BellMar 31, 2025
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeMar 31, 2025
D-ORAndrea SalinasApr 7, 2025
D-MOEmanuel CleaverApr 7, 2025
D-CAKevin MullinApr 7, 2025
D-CANorma J. TorresApr 7, 2025
D-ALShomari FiguresApr 7, 2025
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveApr 7, 2025
D-CATed LieuApr 7, 2025
D-TXLizzie FletcherApr 17, 2025
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottApr 17, 2025
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanApr 21, 2025
D-PADwight EvansApr 21, 2025
D-NYGregory W. MeeksApr 21, 2025
D-CTJoe CourtneyApr 21, 2025
D-NYRitchie TorresApr 21, 2025
D-CASalud O. CarbajalApr 21, 2025
D-DESarah McBrideApr 21, 2025
D-VTBecca BalintApr 29, 2025
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyApr 29, 2025
D-LACleo FieldsJun 12, 2025
D-OHJoyce BeattyJun 12, 2025
D-TXJulie JohnsonJun 12, 2025
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanJun 25, 2025
D-CAJohn GaramendiJun 25, 2025
D-WAPramila JayapalJun 25, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarJun 25, 2025
D-CANancy PelosiAug 15, 2025
D-CTJames A. HimesSep 3, 2025
D-NJRobert MenendezSep 3, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezSep 8, 2025
D-NYJohn W. MannionSep 8, 2025
D-CAJuan VargasSep 10, 2025
D-MIKristen McDonald RivetSep 10, 2025
D-VASuhas SubramanyamSep 10, 2025
D-CAZoe LofgrenSep 10, 2025
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezSep 26, 2025
D-CADave MinOct 3, 2025
D-ORJanelle S. BynumOct 3, 2025
D-NCAlma S. AdamsNov 7, 2025
D-FLLois FrankelNov 7, 2025
D-PRPablo José HernándezDec 11, 2025
D-WAAdam SmithFeb 9, 2026
D-CAMike LevinFeb 9, 2026
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaFeb 9, 2026
D-MNAngie CraigFeb 25, 2026
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaMar 5, 2026
D-FLMaxwell FrostMar 19, 2026
D-GADavid ScottMar 25, 2026
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.Apr 21, 2026
D-VAEugene Simon VindmanMay 19, 2026
D-AZAdelita S. GrijalvaJul 22, 2026
D-NJDonald NorcrossAug 31, 2026

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Mar 5, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2025Introduced in House
  2. 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H2663John B. Larson D-CTJun 12, 2025

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 5042Social Security 2100 ActRelated billJul 21, 2026
HR 9519Social Security 2100 ActRelated billJun 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.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2025Introduced in House

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