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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3150 

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to merge the Federal OldAge and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 

Insurance Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2015 

Mr. BECERRA (for himself, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 

JUDY CHU of California, Ms. LEE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. NEAL, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 

PASCRELL, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. MATSUI, 

Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. ELLISON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to merge the 

Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 

and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and 

for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘One Social Security 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED. 

2 Section 201(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 401(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(a) There is hereby created on the books of the 

5 Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known 

6 as the ‘Social Security Trust Fund’. The Social Security 

7 Trust Fund shall consist of the securities held by the Sec8 retary of the Treasury for the Federal Old-Age and Sur9 vivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 

10 Insurance Trust Fund and the amount standing to the 

11 credit of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

12 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

13 Fund on the books of the Treasury on January 1, 2016, 

14 which securities and amount the Secretary of the Treasury 

15 is authorized and directed to transfer to the Social Secu16 rity Trust Fund, and, in addition, such gifts and bequests 

17 as may be made as provided in subsection (i)(1), and such 

18 amounts as may be appropriated to, or deposited in, the 

19 Social Security Trust Fund as hereinafter provided. There 

20 is hereby appropriated to the Social Security Trust Fund 

21 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for 

22 each fiscal year thereafter, out of any moneys in the 

23 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent 

24 to 100 percent of— 

25 ‘‘(1) the taxes imposed by chapter 21 (other 

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1 Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to wages (as de2 fined in section 3121 of such Code) reported to the 

3 Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to subtitle F of 

4 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as determined 

5 by the Secretary of the Treasury by applying the ap6 plicable rates of tax under such chapter (other than 

7 sections 3101(b) and 3111(b)) to such wages, which 

8 wages shall be certified by the Commissioner of So9 cial Security on the basis of the records of wages es10 tablished and maintained by such Commissioner in 

11 accordance with such reports; and 

12 ‘‘(2) the taxes imposed by chapter 2 (other than 

13 section 1401(b)) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

14 1986 with respect to self-employment income (as de15 fined in section 1402 of such Code) reported to the 

16 Secretary of the Treasury on tax returns under sub17 title F of such Code, as determined by the Secretary 

18 of the Treasury by applying the applicable rate of 

19 tax under such chapter (other than section 1401(b)) 

20 to such self-employment income, which self-employ21 ment income shall be certified by the Commissioner 

22 of Social Security on the basis of the records of self23 employment income established and maintained by 

24 the Commissioner of Social Security in accordance 

25 with such returns. 


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1 The amounts appropriated by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall 

2 be transferred from time to time from the general fund 

3 in the Treasury to the Social Security Trust Fund, such 

4 amounts to be determined on the basis of estimates by 

5 the Secretary of the Treasury of the taxes, specified in 

6 paragraphs (1) and (2), paid to or deposited into the 

7 Treasury; and proper adjustments shall be made in 

8 amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior esti9 mates were in excess of or were less than the taxes speci10 fied in such paragraphs (1) and (2). All amounts trans11 ferred to the Social Security Trust Fund under the pre12 ceding sentence shall be invested by the Managing Trustee 

13 in the same manner and to the same extent as the other 

14 assets of the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding the preceding 

15 sentence, in any case in which the Secretary of the Treas16 ury determines that the assets of the Trust Fund would 

17 otherwise be inadequate to meet the Trust Fund’s obliga18 tions for any month, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

19 transfer to the Trust Fund on the first day of such month 

20 the total amount which would have been transferred to 

21 the Trust Fund under this section as in effect on October 

22 1, 1990; and the Trust Fund shall pay interest to the gen23 eral fund on the amount so transferred on the first day 

24 of any month at a rate (calculated on a daily basis, and 

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1 transferred on such first day and the amount which would 

2 have been transferred to the Trust Fund up to that day 

3 under the procedures in effect on January 1, 1983) equal 

4 to the rate earned by the investments of the Trust Fund 

5 in the same month under subsection (d).’’. 

6 SEC. 3. REQUIRED ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS. 

7 Section 201(c) of the Social Security Act is amended 

8 by striking the fourth sentence in the matter following 

9 paragraph (5) and inserting the following: ‘‘Such report 

10 shall also include actuarial analysis of the benefit cost with 

11 respect to disabled beneficiaries and their auxiliaries, to 

12 retired beneficiaries and their auxiliaries, and to survivor 

13 beneficiaries.’’. 

14 SEC. 4. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 

15 (a) BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOCIAL SECURITY

16 TRUST FUND.—Section 201(c) of the Social Security Act, 

17 as amended by section 3, is further amended in the matter 

18 preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the Federal Old-Age 

19 and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis20 ability Insurance Trust Fund (hereinafter in this title 

21 called the ‘Trust Funds’)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Secu22 rity Trust Fund (in this title referred to as the ‘Trust 

23 Fund’)’’. 

24 (b) CONTINUITY OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—The 

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1 ated by the amendment made by section (2) shall be a 

2 continuous body with the Board of Trustees of the Federal 

3 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 

4 Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund in operation 

5 prior to the effective date of such amendment. Individuals 

6 serving as members of the Board of Trustees of the Fed7 eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 

8 Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund as of the effec9 tive date of such amendment shall serve the remainder of 

10 their term as members of the Board of Trustees of the 

11 Social Security Trust Fund. 

12 SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SOCIAL 

13 SECURITY TRUST FUND. 

14 (a) AMENDMENT TO SECTION HEADING.—The sec15 tion heading for section 201 of the Social Security Act 

16 is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Social Security Trust 

17 Fund’’. 

18 (b) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—Section 201(c) of such 

19 Act, as amended by sections 3 and 4(a), is further amend20 ed— 

21 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

22 striking ‘‘Board of Trustees of the Trust Funds’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘Board of Trustees of the Trust 

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1 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Trust 

2 Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; 

3 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘Trust Funds’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘Trust Fund’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘their’’ and inserting ‘‘its’’; 

7 (4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘either of the 

8 Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘the Trust Fund’’; 

9 (5) in paragraph (5)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘managing the Trust 

11 Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘managing the Trust 

12 Fund’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘Trust Funds are’’ and in14 serting ‘‘Trust Fund is’’; 

15 (6) in the matter following paragraph (5), by 

16 striking ‘‘Trust Funds’’ each place it appears and 

17 inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; and 

18 (7) in the second sentence in the matter fol19 lowing paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘whether the Fed20 eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 

21 and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, 

22 individually and collectively, are’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘whether the Social Security Trust Fund is’’. 


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1 (c) INVESTMENTS.—Section 201 of such Act is 

2 amended in subsections (d) and (e) by striking ‘‘Trust 

3 Funds’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’. 

4 (d) CREDITING OF INTEREST AND PROCEEDS TO

5 TRUST FUNDS.—Section 201(f) of such Act is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘the Federal Old-Age and Sur7 vivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis8 ability Insurance Trust Fund shall be credited to 

9 and form a part of the Federal Old-Age and Sur10 vivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Disability In11 surance Trust Fund, respectively’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund shall be credited to 

13 and form a part of the Social Security Trust Fund’’; 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘either of the Trust Funds’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘the Trust Fund’’; and 

16 (3) by striking ‘‘such Trust Fund’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘the Trust Fund’’. 

18 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Section 201(g) of such 

19 Act is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Of 

22 the amounts authorized to be made available 

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1 tence’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(Public 

2 Law 103–296).’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

4 (i) by striking subclauses (II) and 

5 (III) and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(II) the portion of such costs which 

7 should have been borne by the Social Security 

8 Trust Fund,’’; and 

9 (ii) by redesignating subclauses (IV) 

10 and (V) as subclauses (III) and (IV); 

11 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘Trust Funds’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘Trust Fund’’; and 

14 (B) by striking the last sentence; and 

15 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Trust 

16 Funds’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Trust 

17 Fund’’. 

18 (f) BENEFIT PAYMENTS.—Section 201(h) of such 

19 Act is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(h) All benefit payments required to be made under 

21 this title shall be made only from the Social Security Trust 

22 Fund.’’. 

23 (g) GIFTS.—Section 201(i) of such Act is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Federal 

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1 Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ and in2 serting ‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Federal 

4 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund’’. 

6 (h) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Section 201(j) of such Act 

7 is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal Old-Age and Sur8 vivors Insurance Trust Fund, or the Federal Disability In9 surance Trust Fund (as determined appropriate by the 

10 Commissioner of Social Security)’’ and inserting ‘‘the So11 cial Security Trust Fund’’. 

12 (i) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section 201(k) of 

13 such Act is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal Disability 

14 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Old-Age and Sur15 vivors Insurance Trust Fund, as determined appropriate 

16 by the Commissioner of Social Security’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund’’. 

18 (j) BENEFIT CHECKS.—Section 201(m) of such Act 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘each of the 

21 Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security 

22 Trust Fund’’; 

23 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘one of the 

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1 (3) by striking ‘‘such Trust Fund’’ each place 

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘the Trust Fund’’. 

3 (k) CONFORMING REPEALS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 201 of such Act is 

5 amended by striking subsections (b), (l), and (n). 

6 (2) REDESIGNATIONS.—Section 201 of such 

7 Act is further amended— 

8 (A) by redesignating subsections (c) 

9 through (j) as subsections (b) through (i), re10 spectively; 

11 (B) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub12 section (j); and 

13 (C) by redesignating subsection (m) as 

14 subsection (k). 

15 (3) REFERENCES TO REDESIGNATED SEC16 TIONS.— 

17 (A) Section 201(a) of such Act, as amend18 ed by section 2, is further amended— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (i)(1)’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘subsection (h)(1)’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’. 

23 (B) Section 1131(b)(1) of such Act is 

24 amended by striking ‘‘section 201(g)(1)’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘section 201(f)(1)’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SE2 CURITY ACT. 

3 (a) TITLE II.—Title II of the Social Security Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) in section 202(x)(3)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘the 

6 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

7 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

8 Fund, as appropriate,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Se9 curity Trust Fund’’; 

10 (2) in section 206(d)(5), by striking ‘‘the Fed11 eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 

12 and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as 

13 appropriate’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security 

14 Trust Fund’’; 

15 (3) in section 206(e)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘the 

16 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

17 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

18 Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security Trust 

19 Fund’’; 

20 (4) in section 208(b)(5)(A), by striking ‘‘the 

21 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

22 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

23 Fund, as appropriate’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Se24 curity Trust Fund’’; 

25 (5) in section 215(i)(1)(F)— 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘the combined balance 

2 in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In3 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis4 ability Insurance Trust Fund’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘the balance in the Social Security 

6 Trust Fund’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘and reduced by the 

8 outstanding amount of any loan (including 

9 interest thereon) theretofore made to ei10 ther such Fund from the Federal Hospital 

11 Insurance Trust Fund under section 

12 201(l)’’; and 

13 (B) in clause (ii)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘the Federal Old-Age 

15 and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 

16 the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

17 Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security 

18 Trust Fund’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘(other than pay20 ments’’ and all that follows through ‘‘from 

21 that Account’’; 

22 (6) in section 217(g)(2), by inserting after the 

23 first sentence the following: ‘‘For purposes of any 

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1 erence in such paragraph to the Federal Old-Age 

2 and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal 

3 Disability Insurance Trust Fund shall be deemed to 

4 be a reference to the Social Security Trust Fund.’’; 

5 (7) in section 221(e)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘Trust Funds’’ each place 

7 it appears and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; and 

8 (B) by striking the last sentence; 

9 (8) in section 221(f), by striking ‘‘Trust 

10 Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; 

11 (9) in section 222(d)— 

12 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

13 ‘‘Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to the 

15 end that savings will accrue to the Trust Funds 

16 as a result of rehabilitating such individuals, 

17 there are authorized to be transferred from the 

18 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

19 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 

20 Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘to the end that 

21 savings will accrue to the Trust Fund as a re22 sult of rehabilitating such individuals, there are 

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1 (C) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(4) The Commissioner of Social Security shall deter4 mine according to such methods and procedures as the 

5 Commissioner may deem appropriate the total amount to 

6 be reimbursed for the cost of services under this sub7 section.’’; 

8 (10) in section 228(g)— 

9 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

10 ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

11 Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security 

12 Trust Fund’’; and 

13 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

14 by striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors In15 surance Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Se16 curity Trust Fund’’; 

17 (11) in section 231(c), by striking ‘‘Trust 

18 Funds’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Trust 

19 Fund’’; and 

20 (12) in section 234(a)(1), by striking ‘‘Trust 

21 Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’. 

22 (b) TITLE VII.—Title VII of the Social Security Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended— 

24 (1) in section 703(j), by striking ‘‘Federal Dis25 ability Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Old-Age 


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1 and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund,’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’; 

3 (2) in section 708, by striking ‘‘the ‘OASDI 

4 trust fund ratio’ under section 201(l),’’ after ‘‘com5 puting’’; 

6 (3) in section 709— 

7 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Federal 

8 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 

9 and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

10 Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust 

11 Fund’’; and 

12 (B) in subsection (b)— 

13 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec14 tion 201(l) or’’; and 

15 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

16 ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

17 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability In18 surance Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social 

19 Security Trust Fund’’; and 

20 (4) in section 710— 

21 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Federal 

22 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 

23 and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

24 Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust 

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1 (B) in subsection (b)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘any Trust Fund speci3 fied in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

4 Social Security Trust Fund’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘payments from any 

6 such Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘pay7 ments from the Social Security Trust 

8 Fund’’. 

9 (c) TITLE XI.—Title XI of the Social Security Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended— 

11 (1) in section 1106(b), by striking ‘‘the Federal 

12 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the 

13 Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ and in14 serting ‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund’’; 

15 (2) in section 1129(e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘the 

16 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

17 Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

18 Fund, as determined appropriate by the Secretary’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund’’; 

20 (3) in sections 1131(b)(2) and 1140(c)(2), by 

21 striking ‘‘the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insur22 ance Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security 

23 Trust Fund’’; 

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1 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 

2 inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) the Social Security Trust Fund;’’; and 

4 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

5 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 

6 (5) in section 1148(j)(1)(A)— 

7 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the 

8 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

9 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 

10 Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security 

11 Trust Fund’’; and 

12 (B) by striking the second sentence. 

13 (d) TITLE XVIII.—Title XVIII of the Social Security 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395) is amended— 

15 (1) in section 1817(g), by striking ‘‘Federal 

16 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 

17 from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’; 

19 (2) in section 1840(a)(2), by striking ‘‘Federal 

20 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the 

21 Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ and in22 serting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’; and 

23 (3) in section 1841(f), by striking ‘‘Federal 

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1 from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’. 

3 SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS OUTSIDE OF SOCIAL 

4 SECURITY ACT. 

5 (a) BUDGET.— 

6 (1) OFF-BUDGET EXEMPTION.—Section 405(a) 

7 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

8 655(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age 

9 and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability In10 surance Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Secu11 rity Trust Fund’’. 

12 (2) SEQUESTRATION EXEMPTION.—Section 

13 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 

15 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Payments to 

16 Social Security Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Pay17 ments to the Social Security Trust Fund’’. 

18 (b) TAX.— 

19 (1) TAXABLE WAGES.—Section 3121(l)(4) of 

20 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

21 striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

22 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 

23 Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust 

24 Fund’’. 

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1 (A) Section 6402(d)(3)(C) of the Internal 

2 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

4 Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance 

5 Trust Fund, whichever is certified to the Sec6 retary as appropriate by the Commissioner of 

7 Social Security’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security 

8 Trust Fund’’. 

9 (B) Subsection (f)(2)(B) of section 3720A, 

10 United States Code, is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

12 Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance 

13 Trust Fund, whichever is certified to the Sec14 retary of the Treasury as appropriate by the 

15 Commissioner of Social Security’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’. 

17 (c) FALSE CLAIMS PENALTIES.—Subsection (g)(2) of 

18 section 3806 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health and 

21 Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Commissioner 

22 of Social Security’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Sur24 vivors Insurance Trust Fund’’ and inserting 

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1 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health and 

3 Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Commissioner 

4 of Social Security’’; and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘Federal Disability Insur6 ance Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Secu7 rity Trust Fund’’. 

8 (d) RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD.—Section 7 of 

9 the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Federal 

12 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 

13 the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (c)(2)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health, Edu17 cation, and Welfare’’ each time it appears and 

18 inserting ‘‘Commissioner of Social Security’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Sur21 vivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Dis22 ability Insurance Trust Fund,’’ each time it ap23 pears and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust 

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1 (3) in subsection (c)(4), by striking ‘‘Federal 

2 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the 

3 Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund,’’ and in4 serting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’. 

5 SEC. 8. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

6 Effective beginning January 1, 2016, any reference 

7 in law to the ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

8 Trust Fund’’ or the ‘‘Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

9 Fund’’ is deemed to be a reference to the Social Security 

10 Trust Fund. 

11 SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

12 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

13 on January 1, 2016. 

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