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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 963 
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 
FEBRUARY 4, 2025 
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 com-
mittee 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 Insur-
ance Trust Fund in the case that either trust fund 
becomes insolvent. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Social Secu-
rity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Social Security is under threat from Presi-
dent Donald Trump and politicians like Speaker 
Mike Johnson, J.D. Vance, and Rick Scott. 
(2) Social Security is an earned benefit that 
Americans have paid into over the course of their 
lifetime and belongs to those who have worked for 
it. 
(3) Social Security benefits have not been ex-
panded in over 50 years. 
(4) Nearly 9 out of every 10 people age 65 and 
older receive Social Security benefits. 
(5) The 176-member House Republican Study 
Committee approved a plan that would increase the 
retirement age to 69 years old. 
(6) Social Security benefits are protected 
against inflation through automatic cost-of-living ad-
justments. 
(7) There should be a Social Security field of-
fice operating in every county in the country that 
has a population greater than 150,000 people. 
(8) Social Security is life saving for people 
without pensions or significant savings to protect 
themselves against hardship. 
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(9) Access to local Social Security offices is es-
sential for those who rely on the program and may 
not be able to seek help online or over the phone. 
(10) More than 9,000,000 veterans receive So-
cial Security benefits. 
(11) Over 6,000,000 children depend on Social 
Security because their parent has died, they live with 
a disability, or they live in a household that receives 
income from Social Security. 
SEC. 3. SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD OFFICES. 
Section 205 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
505) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) FIELD OFFICE REQUIREMENTS.—The Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall ensure that there is a field 
office operating in every county in the country that has 
a population greater than 150,000 people.’’. 
SEC. 4. SOCIAL SECURITY INSOLVENCY. 
During any period for which the Commissioner of So-
cial Security certifies that the balance of the Federal Old- 
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal 
Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under section 
201 of such the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401) is 
insufficient to finance benefit payments under title II of 
such Act, there shall be appropriated to the insolvent trust 
fund, on a monthly basis, an amount that is equal to the 
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amount necessary for the Social Security Administration 
to pay such benefit payments. 
SEC. 5. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY 
SOLVENCY BILLS. 
(a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION.—If the balance of the Fed-
eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 
or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund es-
tablished under section 201 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 401) becomes insufficient to finance 
benefit payments under title II of such Act, then the 
Commissioner of Social Security shall certify to Con-
gress that the Administration is unable to finance 
such benefit payments. 
(2) ENTITLEMENT TO EXPEDITED CONSIDER-
ATION.—Only a Social Security solvency bill shall be 
entitled to expedited consideration under this section 
upon Congress receiving the certification described 
in paragraph (1). 
(3) SOCIAL
SECURITY
SOLVENCY
BILL
DE-
FINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Social Security sol-
vency bill’’ means a bill consisting solely of legisla-
tive language that— 
(A) ensures that individuals entitled to a 
benefit under title II of the Social Security Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) will continue to receive 
full benefits; 
(B) will not raise taxes on individuals 
other than those described in subparagraph (C) 
or decrease benefits provided under such title; 
and 
(C) ensures that any need for additional 
funds is to be borne by the ultra-wealthy and 
corporations. 
(b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION.—Upon receipt by Congress 
of a certification from the Commissioner of Social 
Security described in subsection (a)(1), a Social Se-
curity Solvency bill described in subsection (a)(3) 
shall be jointly introduced in the House of Rep-
resentatives (by request) by the majority leader and 
the minority leader of the House of Representatives. 
(2) REFERRAL
AND
REPORTING.—Any com-
mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 
Social Security Solvency bill is referred shall report 
the Social Security Solvency bill to the House of 
Representatives without amendment not later than 5 
legislative days after the date on which the Social 
Security Solvency bill was so referred. If any com-
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mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 
Social Security Solvency bill is referred fails to re-
port the Social Security Solvency bill within that pe-
riod, that committee shall be automatically dis-
charged from consideration of the Social Security 
Solvency bill, and the Social Security Solvency bill 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(3) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.—After 
the last committee authorized to consider a Social 
Security Solvency bill reports it to the House of 
Representatives or has been discharged from its con-
sideration, it shall be in order to move to proceed to 
consider the Social Security Solvency bill in the 
House of Representatives. Such a motion shall not 
be in order after the House of Representatives has 
disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to the 
Social Security Solvency bill. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 
adoption without intervening motion. A motion to re-
consider the vote by which the motion is disposed of 
shall not be in order. 
(4) CONSIDERATION.—The Social Security Sol-
vency bill shall be considered as read. All points of 
order against the Social Security Solvency bill and 
against its consideration are waived. The previous 
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question shall be considered as ordered on the Social 
Security Solvency bill to its passage without inter-
vening motion except 2 hours of debate equally di-
vided and controlled by the proponent and an oppo-
nent. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of 
the Social Security Solvency bill shall not be in 
order. 
(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 
of the Social Security Solvency bill shall occur not 
later than 15 days after the date of the introduction 
of such bill under paragraph (1). 
(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) RECONVENING AND INTRODUCTION.—Upon 
receipt by Congress of a certification from the Com-
missioner of Social Security described in subsection 
(a)(1)— 
(A) if the Senate has adjourned or re-
cessed for more than 2 days, the majority lead-
er of the Senate, after consultation with the mi-
nority leader of the Senate, shall notify the 
Members of the Senate that, pursuant to this 
section, the Senate shall convene not later than 
the second calendar day after receipt of such 
message; and 
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(B) a Social Security Solvency bill de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3) shall be jointly in-
troduced in the Senate (by request) by the ma-
jority leader and the minority leader of the Sen-
ate. 
(2) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A Social Se-
curity Solvency bill introduced in the Senate under 
paragraph (1) shall be jointly referred to the com-
mittee or committees of jurisdiction, which commit-
tees shall report the Social Security Solvency bill 
without any revision and with a favorable rec-
ommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or 
without recommendation, not later than 5 session 
days after the date on which the Social Security Sol-
vency bill was so referred. If any committee to which 
a Social Security Solvency bill is referred fails to re-
port the Social Security Solvency bill within that pe-
riod, that committee shall be automatically dis-
charged from consideration of the Social Security 
Solvency bill, and the Social Security Solvency bill 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(3) PROCEEDING.—Notwithstanding rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, 
not later than 2 days of session after the date on 
which a Social Security Solvency bill is reported or 
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discharged from all committees to which the Social 
Security Solvency bill was referred, for the majority 
leader of the Senate or the designee of the majority 
leader to move to proceed to the consideration of the 
Social Security Solvency bill. It shall also be in order 
for any Member of the Senate to move to proceed 
to the consideration of the Social Security Solvency 
bill at any time after the conclusion of such 2-day 
period. A motion to proceed is in order even though 
a previous motion to the same effect has been dis-
agreed to. All points of order against the motion to 
proceed to the Social Security Solvency bill are 
waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 
motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo-
tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 
a motion to proceed to the consideration of the So-
cial Security Solvency bill is agreed to, the Social 
Security Solvency bill shall remain the unfinished 
business until disposed of. All points of order 
against the Social Security Solvency bill and against 
consideration of the Social Security Solvency bill are 
waived. 
(4) NO
AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to a 
Social Security Solvency bill, or a motion to post-
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pone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
other business, or a motion to recommit the Social 
Security Solvency bill, is not in order. 
(5) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 
the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 
case may be, to the procedure relating to a Social 
Security Solvency bill shall be decided without de-
bate. 
(6) DEBATE.—Debate on the Social Security 
Solvency bill, and on all debatable motions and ap-
peals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not 
more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally 
between the majority and minority leaders or their 
designees. 
(7) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 
shall occur immediately following the conclusion of 
the debate on the Social Security Solvency bill, and 
a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate 
if requested in accordance with the rules of the Sen-
ate. 
(d) AMENDMENT.—A Social Security Solvency bill 
shall not be subject to amendment in either the Senate 
or the House of Representatives. 
(e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the Social 
Security Solvency bill, one House receives from the 
other a Social Security Solvency bill— 
(A) the Social Security Solvency bill of the 
other House shall not be referred to a com-
mittee; and 
(B) the procedure in the receiving House 
shall be the same as if no Social Security Sol-
vency bill had been received from the other 
House until the vote on passage, when the So-
cial Security Solvency bill received from the 
other House shall supplant the Social Security 
Solvency bill of the receiving House. 
(2) REVENUE MEASURE.—This subsection shall 
not apply to the House of Representatives if the So-
cial Security Solvency bill received from the Senate 
is a revenue measure. 
(f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER 
HOUSE.— 
(1) TREATMENT
OF
SOCIAL
SECURITY
SOL-
VENCY BILL OF OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails 
to introduce or consider a Social Security Solvency 
bill under this section, the Social Security Solvency 
bill of the House of Representatives shall be entitled 
to expedited floor procedures under this section. 
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(2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN 
THE SENATE.—If, following passage of the Social 
Security Solvency bill in the Senate, the Senate then 
receives the Social Security Solvency bill from the 
House of Representatives, the House-passed Social 
Security Solvency bill shall not be debatable. The 
vote on passage of the Social Security Solvency bill 
in the Senate shall be considered to be the vote on 
passage of the Social Security Solvency bill received 
from the House of Representatives. 
(3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes the Social 
Security Solvency bill, debate on a veto message in 
the Senate under this section shall be 1 hour equally 
divided between the majority and minority leaders or 
their designees. 
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