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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9341 

To require expedited consideration of a bill that addresses the insolvency 

of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the 

Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund in the case that either trust 

fund becomes insolvent. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 9, 2024 

Mr. RYAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 require expedited consideration of a bill that addresses 

the insolvency of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund in the case that either trust fund 

becomes insolvent. 

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 ‘‘Protecting Social Secu5 rity Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Social Security is under threat from former 

4 President Donald Trump and politicians like Speak5 er Mike Johnson, J.D. Vance, and Rick Scott. 

6 (2) Social Security is an earned benefit that 

7 Americans have paid into over the course of their 

8 lifetime and belongs to those who have worked for 

9 it. 

10 (3) Social Security benefits have not been ex11 panded in over 50 years. 

12 (4) Nearly 9 out of every 10 people age 65 and 

13 older receive Social Security benefits. 

14 (5) The 176-member House Republican Study 

15 Committee approved a plan that would increase the 

16 retirement age to 69 years old. 

17 (6) Social Security benefits are protected 

18 against inflation through automatic cost-of-living ad19 justments. 

20 (7) There should be a Social Security field of21 fice operating in every county in the country that 

22 has a population greater than 150,000 people. 

23 (8) Social Security is life-saving for people with24 out pensions or significant savings to protect them25 selves against hardship. 


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1 (9) Access to local Social Security offices is es2 sential for those who rely on the program and may 

3 not be able to seek help online or over the phone. 

4 (10) More than 9,000,000 veterans receive So5 cial Security benefits. 

6 (11) Over 6,000,000 children depend on Social 

7 Security because their parent has died, they live with 

8 a disability, or they live in a household that receives 

9 income from Social Security. 

10 SEC. 3. SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD OFFICES. 

11 Section 205 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 505) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(v) FIELD OFFICE REQUIREMENTS.—The Commis14 sioner of Social Security shall ensure that there is a field 

15 office operating in every county in the country that has 

16 a population greater than 150,000 people.’’. 

17 SEC. 4. SOCIAL SECURITY INSOLVENCY. 

18 During any period for which the Commissioner of So19 cial Security certifies that the balance of the Federal Old20 Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal 

21 Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under section 

22 201 of such the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401) is 

23 insufficient to finance benefit payments under title II of 

24 such Act, there shall be appropriated to the insolvent trust 

25 fund, on a monthly basis, an amount that is equal to the 


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1 amount necessary for the Social Security Administration 

2 to pay such benefit payments. 

3 SEC. 5. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY 

4 SOLVENCY BILLS. 

5 (a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION.— 

6 (1) CERTIFICATION.—If the balance of the Fed7 eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 

8 or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund es9 tablished under section 201 of the Social Security 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 401) becomes insufficient to finance 

11 benefit payments under title II of such Act, then the 

12 Commissioner of Social Security shall certify to Con13 gress that the Administration is unable to finance 

14 such benefit payments. 

15 (2) ENTITLEMENT TO EXPEDITED CONSIDER16 ATION.—Only a Social Security solvency bill shall be 

17 entitled to expedited consideration under this section 

18 upon Congress receiving the certification described 

19 in paragraph (1). 

20 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY BILL DE21 FINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Social Security sol22 vency bill’’ means a bill consisting solely of legisla23 tive language that— 

24 (A) ensures that individuals entitled to a 

25 benefit under title II of the Social Security Act 


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1 (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) will continue to receive 

2 full benefits; 

3 (B) will not raise taxes on individuals 

4 other than those described in subparagraph (C) 

5 or decrease benefits provided under such title; 

6 and 

7 (C) ensures that any need for additional 

8 funds is to be borne by the ultra-wealthy and 

9 corporations. 

10 (b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT11 ATIVES.— 

12 (1) INTRODUCTION.—Upon receipt by Congress 

13 of a certification from the Commissioner of Social 

14 Security described in subsection (a)(1), a Social Se15 curity Solvency bill described in subsection (a)(3) 

16 shall be jointly introduced in the House of Rep17 resentatives (by request) by the majority leader and 

18 the minority leader of the House of Representatives. 

19 (2) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any com20 mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 

21 Social Security Solvency bill is referred shall report 

22 the Social Security Solvency bill to the House of 

23 Representatives without amendment not later than 5 

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1 mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 

2 Social Security Solvency bill is referred fails to re3 port the Social Security Solvency bill within that pe4 riod, that committee shall be automatically dis5 charged from consideration of the Social Security 

6 Solvency bill, and the Social Security Solvency bill 

7 shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

8 (3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After 

9 the last committee authorized to consider a Social 

10 Security Solvency bill reports it to the House of 

11 Representatives or has been discharged from its con12 sideration, it shall be in order to move to proceed to 

13 consider the Social Security Solvency bill in the 

14 House of Representatives. Such a motion shall not 

15 be in order after the House of Representatives has 

16 disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to the 

17 Social Security Solvency bill. The previous question 

18 shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 

19 adoption without intervening motion. A motion to re20 consider the vote by which the motion is disposed of 

21 shall not be in order. 

22 (4) CONSIDERATION.—The Social Security Sol23 vency bill shall be considered as read. All points of 

24 order against the Social Security Solvency bill and 

25 against its consideration are waived. The previous 


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1 question shall be considered as ordered on the Social 

2 Security Solvency bill to its passage without inter3 vening motion except 2 hours of debate equally di4 vided and controlled by the proponent and an oppo5 nent. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of 

6 the Social Security Solvency bill shall not be in 

7 order. 

8 (5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 

9 of the Social Security Solvency bill shall occur not 

10 later than 15 days after the date of the introduction 

11 of such bill under paragraph (1). 

12 (c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 

13 (1) RECONVENING AND INTRODUCTION.—Upon 

14 receipt by Congress of a certification from the Com15 missioner of Social Security described in subsection 

16 (a)(1)— 

17 (A) if the Senate has adjourned or re18 cessed for more than 2 days, the majority lead19 er of the Senate, after consultation with the mi20 nority leader of the Senate, shall notify the 

21 Members of the Senate that, pursuant to this 

22 section, the Senate shall convene not later than 

23 the second calendar day after receipt of such 

24 message; and 


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1 (B) a Social Security Solvency bill de2 scribed in subsection (a)(3) shall be jointly in3 troduced in the Senate (by request) by the ma4 jority leader and the minority leader of the Sen5 ate. 

6 (2) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A Social Se7 curity Solvency bill introduced in the Senate under 

8 paragraph (1) shall be jointly referred to the com9 mittee or committees of jurisdiction, which commit10 tees shall report the Social Security Solvency bill 

11 without any revision and with a favorable rec12 ommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or 

13 without recommendation, not later than 5 session 

14 days after the date on which the Social Security Sol15 vency bill was so referred. If any committee to which 

16 a Social Security Solvency bill is referred fails to re17 port the Social Security Solvency bill within that pe18 riod, that committee shall be automatically dis19 charged from consideration of the Social Security 

20 Solvency bill, and the Social Security Solvency bill 

21 shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

22 (3) PROCEEDING.—Notwithstanding rule XXII 

23 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, 

24 not later than 2 days of session after the date on 

25 which a Social Security Solvency bill is reported or 


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1 discharged from all committees to which the Social 

2 Security Solvency bill was referred, for the majority 

3 leader of the Senate or the designee of the majority 

4 leader to move to proceed to the consideration of the 

5 Social Security Solvency bill. It shall also be in order 

6 for any Member of the Senate to move to proceed 

7 to the consideration of the Social Security Solvency 

8 bill at any time after the conclusion of such 2-day 

9 period. A motion to proceed is in order even though 

10 a previous motion to the same effect has been dis11 agreed to. All points of order against the motion to 

12 proceed to the Social Security Solvency bill are 

13 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 

14 motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo15 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 

16 agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 

17 a motion to proceed to the consideration of the So18 cial Security Solvency bill is agreed to, the Social 

19 Security Solvency bill shall remain the unfinished 

20 business until disposed of. All points of order 

21 against the Social Security Solvency bill and against 

22 consideration of the Social Security Solvency bill are 

23 waived. 

24 (4) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to a 

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1 pone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

2 other business, or a motion to recommit the Social 

3 Security Solvency bill, is not in order. 

4 (5) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

5 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

6 the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 

7 case may be, to the procedure relating to a Social 

8 Security Solvency bill shall be decided without de9 bate. 

10 (6) DEBATE.—Debate on the Social Security 

11 Solvency bill, and on all debatable motions and ap12 peals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not 

13 more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally 

14 between the majority and minority leaders or their 

15 designees. 

16 (7) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 

17 shall occur immediately following the conclusion of 

18 the debate on the Social Security Solvency bill, and 

19 a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate 

20 if requested in accordance with the rules of the Sen21 ate. 

22 (d) AMENDMENT.—A Social Security Solvency bill 

23 shall not be subject to amendment in either the Senate 

24 or the House of Representatives. 

25 (e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the Social 

2 Security Solvency bill, one House receives from the 

3 other a Social Security Solvency bill— 

4 (A) the Social Security Solvency bill of the 

5 other House shall not be referred to a com6 mittee; and 

7 (B) the procedure in the receiving House 

8 shall be the same as if no Social Security Sol9 vency bill had been received from the other 

10 House until the vote on passage, when the So11 cial Security Solvency bill received from the 

12 other House shall supplant the Social Security 

13 Solvency bill of the receiving House. 

14 (2) REVENUE MEASURE.—This subsection shall 

15 not apply to the House of Representatives if the So16 cial Security Solvency bill received from the Senate 

17 is a revenue measure. 

18 (f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER

19 HOUSE.— 

20 (1) TREATMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY SOL21 VENCY BILL OF OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails 

22 to introduce or consider a Social Security Solvency 

23 bill under this section, the Social Security Solvency 

24 bill of the House of Representatives shall be entitled 

25 to expedited floor procedures under this section. 


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1 (2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN

2 THE SENATE.—If, following passage of the Social 

3 Security Solvency bill in the Senate, the Senate then 

4 receives the Social Security Solvency bill from the 

5 House of Representatives, the House-passed Social 

6 Security Solvency bill shall not be debatable. The 

7 vote on passage of the Social Security Solvency bill 

8 in the Senate shall be considered to be the vote on 

9 passage of the Social Security Solvency bill received 

10 from the House of Representatives. 

11 (3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes the Social 

12 Security Solvency bill, debate on a veto message in 

13 the Senate under this section shall be 1 hour equally 

14 divided between the majority and minority leaders or 

15 their designees. 

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