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Social Security Subcommittee

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House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security

Showing the 116th Congress (2019–2020). Back to the 119th Congress

46 bills referred in the 116th Congress

661 across the 12 Congresses on file, most in the 117th at 81. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 118th

Members

Served in the 116th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 116th Congress

Members, 116th Congress 11

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 116th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

Seat	Member	Role
D-CT	John B. Larson	Chair
R-NY	Tom Reed	Ranking Member
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle
D-NY	Brian Higgins
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez
R-KS	Ron Estes

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 116th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 116th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 1838	Social Security Child Protection Act of 2019	Referred To	Mar 21, 2019
HR 1553	Fair COLA for Seniors Act	Referred To	Mar 6, 2019
HR 1540	Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act	Referred To	Mar 5, 2019
HR 766	To allow penalty-free distributions from retirement accounts in the case of Federal employees and certain Federal contractors impacted by the Federal Government shutdown.	Referred To	Mar 1, 2019
HRES 59	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Medicare and Social Security provide an essential benefit for current enrollees and should be strengthened for future generations.	Referred To	Mar 1, 2019
HR 1407	ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019	Referred To	Feb 27, 2019
HRES 149	Recognizing the national debt as a threat to national security.	Referred To	Feb 26, 2019
HR 1215	Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act	Referred To	Feb 13, 2019

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 116th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	Save Our Social Security NowLongworth House Office Building 110017 documents 11 witnesses The Honorable Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator The Honorable Danny Davis, Member of Congress The Honorable Linda Sánchez, Member of Congress The Honorable Judy Chu, Member of Congress The Honorable Donald Beyer, Member of Congress Ms. Nancy Altman, President, Social Security Works Mr. Will Goodwin, Director of Government Relations, VoteVets Ms. Amy Matsui, Director of Income Security and Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center Mr. Max Richtman, President and CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Ms. Janice Dean Mr. Robert Roach, President, Alliance for Retired Americans	Scheduled	Sep 24, 2020

Hearing	The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Security and its Beneficiaries14 documents 7 witnesses Mr. Stephen Goss, Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration Mr. Max Richtman, President and CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Ms. Melanie Campbell, President and CEO; Convener, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation; Black Women's Roundtable Ms. Mattie Duppler, Senior Fellow for Fiscal Policy, National Taxpayers Union Ms. Abigail Zapote, Executive Director, Latinos for a Secure Retirement Mr. Shaun Castle, Deputy Executive Director, Paralyzed Veterans of America Mr. Robert Roach, President, Alliance for Retired Americans	Scheduled	Jul 17, 2020

Hearing	Protecting and Improving Social Security: Comprehensive Legislative Proposals to Enhance Social SecurityRayburn House Office Building 202018 documents 6 witnesses Mr. Max Richtman, President and CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Mr. Stephen Goss, Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration Ms. Dianne Stone, Director, Newington Senior & Disability Center Ms. Nancy Altman, President, Social Security Works Ms. Mattie Duppler, Senior Fellow for Fiscal Policy, National Taxpayers Union Mr. Shaun Castle, Deputy Executive Director, Paralyzed Veterans of America	Scheduled	Apr 10, 2019

Hearing	Protecting and Improving Social Security: Benefit EnhancementsRayburn House Office Building 202018 documents 6 witnesses Mr. Andrew Biggs, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Ms. Donna Butts, Executive Director, Generations United Mr. Max Richtman, President and CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Ms. Bette Marafino, President, Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans Ms. Abigail Zapote, Executive Director, Latinos for a Secure Retirement Ms. Joan Entmacher, Senior Fellow, National Academy of Social Insurance	Scheduled	Mar 13, 2019

Hearing	Protecting and Improving Social Security: Enhancing Social Security to Strengthen the Middle ClassRayburn House Office Building 202018 documents 6 witnesses Mr. Joseph Semprevivo, President and CEO, Joseph's Lite Cookies Ms. Yanira Cruz, President and CEO, National Hispanic Council on Aging Ms. Joan Ruff, Chair of the Board of Directors, AARP Ms. Kate Farrar, Executive Director, Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Ms. Ilana Boivie, Research Economist, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Ms. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, President and CEO, Global Policy Solutions	Scheduled	Mar 12, 2019

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Meetings
119th2025–2026, sitting	13	0	0	0	4
118th2023–2024	14	66	0	1	8
117th2021–2022	13	81	0	1	3
116th2019–2020	11	46	0	0	5
115th2017–2018	14	53	0	1	12
114th2015–2016	16	80	0	0	6
113th2013–2014	11	28	0	0	6
112th2011–2012	12	41	0	0	0
111th2009–2010	14	6	0	0	—
110th2007–2008	13	67	0	0	—
109th2005–2006	13	55	0	0	—
108th2003–2004	13	77	1	1	—
107th2001–2002	13	61	1	0	—

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