Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
Latest action · Oct 7, 2026 Became Public Law No: 119-119.
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 15, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 1, 2025
- Passed SenateSep 17, 2026
- To the PresidentSep 29, 2026
- Became lawOct 7, 2026Public Law 119-119
Summary
Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
This act requires the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security number has been misused or whose Social Security card has been lost in transport. The point of contact must track cases to completion and coordinate with other units to resolve issues as quickly as possible.
The point of contact must consist of a team or subset of specially trained employees. Staffing may change provided there are procedures in place to ensure continuity of records and notify affected individuals when appropriate.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 16, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Sep 16, 2025 |
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 Sep 15, 2025Markup Sep 17, 2025Reported Oct 31, 2025 |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Dec 2, 2025Discharged Sep 17, 2026 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 7, 2026Became Public Law No: 119-119.
- Oct 7, 2026Signed by President.
- Sep 29, 2026Presented to President.
- Sep 18, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 17, 2026Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 17, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4790)
- Dec 2, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Dec 1, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4938-4939)
- Dec 1, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4938)
- Dec 1, 2025Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 1, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5345.
- Dec 1, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 31, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-360.
- Oct 31, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 312.
- Sep 17, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 17, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 1.
- Sep 15, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 15, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4486, S4487 | Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH, Ted Cruz R-TX | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8916Notices S8938Intention to object to H.R. 5345, Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act | Ron Wyden D-OR | Dec 18, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4938, H4939Text printed H4938 | David Kustoff R-TN, Gwen Moore D-WI, Jason Smith R-MO | Dec 1, 2025 |
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
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 150, September 15, 2025, page H4311.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1666 | Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act | Identical bill | May 7, 2025 |
| S 2392 | Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Jul 19, 2023 |
| S 3684 | Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Feb 17, 2022 |
| HR 3765 | Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
| HR 3784 | Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 18, 2024 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals who are victims of identity theft.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals who are victims of identity theft.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 2, 2025Referred in Senate
- Dec 1, 2025Engrossed in House
- Oct 31, 2025Reported in House
- Sep 15, 2025Introduced 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.
