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.
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Additional sponsor: Ms. Malliotakis
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Mr. Kustoff introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to provide identity theft victims with a single, dedicated point of contact throughout their case. When someone's Social Security number is misused or their card is lost in the mail, they would work with the same trained team from start to finish rather than being passed between different offices.
Who Benefits and How
Identity theft victims benefit from streamlined case resolution with consistent staff who track their case to completion. Individuals whose Social Security numbers were used to fraudulently obtain benefits gain accountability—someone is responsible for seeing their case through. People who lost their Social Security card during mailing also qualify for this dedicated service.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Social Security Administration must establish new procedures and train a specialized team of employees within 180 days of enactment. SSA bears the administrative costs of creating this single-point-of-contact system and ensuring continuity of records when team members change.
Key Provisions
- Requires SSA to assign a dedicated team to each identity theft case until resolution
- Covers SSN misuse for fraudulent benefits, SSA record tampering, and lost cards in transit
- Team must coordinate across SSA units and remain accountable for the case
- Procedures must ensure case history continuity when staff changes occur
- Takes effect 180 days after enactment
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Amends the Social Security Act to require SSA to provide identity theft victims with a dedicated single point of contact throughout their case resolution.
Policy Domains
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commissioner"
- → Commissioner of Social Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
SSN used fraudulently to obtain benefits under Title II, VIII, or XVI, or affecting SSA records, or prompting individual to request new SSN
A team or subset of specially trained SSA employees who coordinate with other units to resolve identity theft cases and remain accountable until resolution
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