US Congress House Bill 3997 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-2)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-03-03 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2858-2859)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to submit an annual budget estimate of the Social Security Administration (SSA) (instead of a budget) directly to Congress and the President (instead of first to the President, who would submit it to Congress). Revises requirements for the general contents of the SSA budget, requiring inclusion of the number of cases pending at each hearing office and the average processing time. Prohibits the Commissioner from closing or consolidating SSA field or hearing offices, or otherwise limiting public access to one, until 180 days after submitting to specified congressional committees a detailed report outlining and justifying the process for selecting field offices to be closed, consolidated, or otherwise have limited access. Prohibits the Commissioner from closing an SSA field or hearing office, consolidating two or more such offices, or otherwise imposing any new limitation on public access to any such office unless the Commissioner follows certain administrative procedures.

Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2014

Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-03	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2858-2859)
2014-02-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3997/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3997/BILLS-113hr3997ih.pdf