SEC. 4. PLAN FOR ENSURING THE ACCURACY AND COM-
PLETENESS OF DEATH DATA MAINTAINED 
AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social 
Security shall submit to Congress a plan, which shall in-
clude an estimate of the cost of implementing the policies 
and procedures described in such plan, to improve the ac-
curacy and completeness of the death data (including, 
where feasible and cost-effective, data regarding individ-
uals who are not eligible for or receiving benefits under 
titles II or XVI of the Social Security Act) maintained 
and distributed by the Social Security Administration. 
(b) CONTENT OF PLAN.—In developing the plan re-
quired under subsection (a), the Commissioner of Social 
Security shall consider whether to include the following 
elements: 
(1) Procedures for— 
(A) identifying individuals who are ex-
tremely elderly, as determined by the Commis-
sioner, but for whom no record of death exists 
in the records of the Social Security Adminis-
tration; 
(B) verifying the information contained in 
the records of the Social Security Administra-
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tion with respect to individuals described in 
subparagraph (A) and correcting any inaccura-
cies; and 
(C) where appropriate, disclosing correc-
tions made to the records of the Social Security 
Administration. 
(2) Improved policies and procedures for identi-
fying and correcting erroneous death records, includ-
ing policies and procedures for— 
(A) identifying individuals listed as dead 
who are actually alive; 
(B) identifying individuals listed as alive 
who are actually dead; and 
(C) allowing individuals or survivors of de-
ceased individuals to notify the Social Security 
Administration of potential errors. 
(3) Improved policies and procedures to identify 
and correct discrepancies in the records of the Social 
Security Administration, including Social Security 
number records. 
(4) A process for employing statistical analysis 
of the death data maintained and distributed by the 
Social Security Administration to determine an esti-
mate of the number of erroneous records. 
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(5) Recommendations for legislation, as nec-
essary. 
SEC. 5. REPORT ON INFORMATION SECURITY. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Ways and 
Means, Oversight and Government Reform, and Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committees on Finance and Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate that— 
(1) identifies all information systems of the So-
cial Security Administration containing sensitive in-
formation; and 
(2) describes the measures the Commissioner is 
taking to secure and protect such information sys-
tems. 
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