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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2312

To amend the Social Security Act to provide for annual distribution of

social security account statements to all beneficiaries and to improve

the information made available in such statements.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 12, 1995

Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Mr. RANGEL) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend the Social Security Act to provide for annual

distribution of social security account statements to all

beneficiaries and to improve the information made available in such statements.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Infor5 mation Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT STATEMENTS

2 TO ALL BENEFICIARIES INDICATING TOTAL

3 BENEFITS PAID.

4 Section 1143 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

5 1320b–13) is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Beginning

7 not later than October 1, 1990, the Commissioner of

8 Social Security’’ and inserting ‘‘The Commissioner

9 of Social Security’’;

10 (2) in subsection (a)(2)—

11 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C)

12 and (D) as subparagraph (G) and (H), respec13 tively;

14 (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B)

15 and inserting the following new subparagraphs:

16 ‘‘(A) the amount of wages paid to, and self-em17 ployment income derived by, the eligible individual,

18 as shown by the records of the Commissioner of So19 cial Security on the date of the request;

20 ‘‘(B) the amount of wages paid to, and self-em21 ployment income derived by, any individual (other

22 than the eligible individual) on whose wages and

23 self-employment income the eligible individual’s ben24 efits are based, as shown by the records of the Com25 missioner of Social Security on the date of the re26 quest;
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1 ‘‘(C) the total amount of benefits paid to the el2 igible individual, as shown by the records of the

3 Commissioner of Social Security on the date of the

4 request;

5 ‘‘(D) the total amount of benefits paid to all

6 beneficiaries (other than the eligible individual) on

7 the basis of the eligible individual’s wages and self8 employment income, as shown by the records of the

9 Commissioner of Social Security on the date of the

10 request;

11 ‘‘(E) an estimate of the aggregate of the em12 ployee and self-employment contributions of the eli13 gible individual for old-age, survivors, and disability

14 insurance, as shown by the records of the Commis15 sioner of Social Security on the date of the request;

16 ‘‘(F) an estimate of the aggregate of the em17 ployee and self-employment contributions for old18 age, surviviors, and disability insurance of any indi19 vidual (other than the eligible individual) on whose

20 wages and self-employment income the eligible indi21 vidual’s benefits are based, as shown by the records

22 of the Commissioner of Social Security on the date

23 of the request;’’;
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1 (D) in subparagraph (H) (as redesig2 nated), by striking the period and inserting a

3 semicolon; and

4 (E) by inserting, after and below subpara5 graph (H) (as redesignated), the following:

6 ‘‘expressed in terms of actual dollars and in terms

7 of current dollars.’’;

8 (4) in subsection (a)(3)—

9 (A) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub10 paragraph (A); and

11 (B) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C)

12 and inserting the following:

13 ‘‘(B) is receiving benefits under title II or has

14 attained age 25 or over.’’;

15 (5) in subsection (c), by redesignating para16 graph (2) as paragraph (3), and by striking ‘‘(c)(1)

17 By not later’’ and inserting the following:

18 ‘‘(c)(1) The Commissioner of Social Security shall

19 provide a statement on an annual basis to each eligible

20 individual who is receiving benefits under title II.

21 ‘‘(2) By not later’’; and

22 (6) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the

23 following new paragraph:

24 ‘‘(4) For purposes of subsection (a)(2), any state25 ment required under this subsection to be provided to an
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1 individual in any fiscal year without request shall be

2 deemed to have been requested by such individual pursu3 ant to subsection (a) on October 1 of such fiscal year.’’.

4 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

5 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with

6 respect to social security account statements provided

7 under section 1143 of the Social Security Act after Sep8 tember 30, 1995.

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