I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5110 
To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to require the President 
to transmit the annual budget of the Social Security Administration 
without revisions to Congress, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2008 
Mr. HIGGINS (for himself, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. BACA, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. 
MOORE of Kansas, and Mr. ELLISON) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to require 
the President to transmit the annual budget of the Social 
Security Administration without revisions to Congress, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDING SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION BUDGETARY MATTERS. 
(a) ANNUAL BUDGET.—Section 704(b)(1)(A) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 904(b)(1)(A)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
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sifications, and the number of staff within each title 
and classification. 
‘‘(vi) Employment statistics for each field office, 
for each preceding year after 1979, including the 
number of employees hired, retired, transferred in 
and out, and dismissed during such year.’’. 
(c) 
CLOSURE
OF
FIELD
OFFICES.—Section 
704(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 904(b)(1)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) The Commissioner may not close or otherwise 
limit public access to a field office of the Administration 
until 180 days after the date on which the Commissioner 
submits to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate a detailed report outlining and justifying the 
process for selecting field offices to be closed or otherwise 
have limited access. Such report shall include— 
‘‘(i) an analysis of the criteria used for selecting 
field offices for closure or limited access and how the 
Commissioner analyzes and considers factors relat-
ing to transportation and communication burdens 
faced by seniors and the disabled; 
‘‘(ii) a cost-benefit analysis for each field office 
closure that takes into account— 
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‘‘(I) the anticipated savings as a result of 
the closure; 
‘‘(II) the anticipated burdens, including 
communication and transportation burdens, 
placed on elderly and disabled citizens; and 
‘‘(III) the anticipated costs associated with 
replacing the services lost by the closure.’’. 
(d) COMPREHENSIVE WORK FORCE PLAN.—Section 
704(b)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
904(b)(2)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Not later than 90 days before a revision of the 
comprehensive work force plan, the Commissioner shall 
submit the document setting forth the revision to the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate.’’. 
Æ 
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