Hands Off Our Social Security Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires statement of purpose: ensure continued effective operation of SSA and protect Social Security services by prohibiting tampering, data mining, privatization, workforce reductions, office closures, requires prohibit federal officers, special government employees, and contractors from altering, withholding, or delaying Social Security benefits without authorization by law; require any benefit modification to be, and requires prohibit unauthorized collection, sharing, or use of Social Security data and PII for any purpose other than administering Social Security programs. It relies on compliance mandates and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Social Welfare and Labor.
Who Benefits and How
Social Security beneficiaries could face reduced risk, Social Security beneficiaries in rural and underserved areas could face reduced risk, and SSA employees could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Social Security Administration would take on compliance duties, Federal contractors accessing SSA data would take on compliance duties, and Executive branch officials would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Requires statement of purpose: ensure continued effective operation of SSA and protect Social Security services by prohibiting tampering, data mining, privatization, workforce reductions, office closures...
- Requires prohibit federal officers, special government employees, and contractors from altering, withholding, or delaying Social Security benefits without authorization by law; require any benefit modification to be...
- Requires prohibit unauthorized collection, sharing, or use of Social Security data and PII for any purpose other than administering Social Security programs.
- Requires prohibit workforce reductions at SSA without Act of Congress approval; require detailed report to Congress on impact of any staffing changes on service delivery.
- Requires prohibit closure or consolidation of any SSA office or field office without authorization by Act of Congress; require SSA to maintain minimum field offices proportional to state population.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill requires statement of purpose: ensure continued effective operation of SSA and protect Social Security services by prohibiting tampering, data mining, privatization, workforce reductions, office closures, requires prohibit federal officers, special government employees, and contractors from altering, withholding, or delaying Social Security benefits without authorization by law; require any benefit modification to be, and requires prohibit unauthorized collection, sharing, or use of Social Security data and PII for any purpose other than administering Social Security programs.
Key Policy Areas
Social Welfare, Labor
Primary Purpose
The bill requires statement of purpose: ensure continued effective operation of SSA and protect Social Security services by prohibiting tampering, data mining, privatization, workforce reductions, office closures, requires prohibit federal officers, special government employees, and contractors from altering, withholding, or delaying Social Security benefits without authorization by law; require any benefit modification to be, and requires prohibit unauthorized collection, sharing, or use of Social Security data and PII for any purpose other than administering Social Security programs.
Policy Domains
Section 3 - Prohibition on tampering with benefits
Identified Gains
- Social Security beneficiaries
- Social Security beneficiaries in rural and underserved areas
- SSA employees
- SSA field office employees
Identified Costs
- Social Security Administration
- Federal contractors accessing SSA data
- Executive branch officials
- Executive branch (reorganization authority)
- DOGE and executive efficiency initiatives
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Stansbury (for herself, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, …
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3567)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
DOGE and executive efficiency initiatives, Executive branch (reorganization authority), Executive branch officials
Social Security Administration faces effects in multiple directions
Social Security beneficiaries, Social Security beneficiaries in rural and underserved areas
SSA employees, SSA field office employees
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "gao"
- → Government Accountability Office
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
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