SEC. 3. ANNUAL BUDGET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 704(b)(1)(B) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 904(b)(1)(B)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and all that follows through 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) an itemization of the amount of funds required 
by the Social Security Administration for the fiscal year 
covered by the budget to support efforts to combat fraud 
committed by applicants and beneficiaries; and 
‘‘(ii) a list of any field offices with respect to which 
the Social Security Administration intends to take any ac-
tion described in section 714(b)(1)(B) during the fiscal 
year covered by the budget.’’. 
(b) DISPLAY ON WEBSITE.—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: 
‘‘(C) Not later than 7 days after the submission of 
an annual budget prepared pursuant to subparagraph (A), 
the Commissioner shall make available on the website of 
the Social Security Administration the information de-
scribed in clause (ii) of subparagraph (B).’’. 
SEC. 4. RECOMMENDATIONS OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADVI-
SORY BOARD. 
Section 703(b)(4) of title VII of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 903(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘public’’ 
and inserting ‘‘public, taking into account the impact of 
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closing field offices on the quality of service to individuals 
with disabilities or language barriers or other vulnerable 
populations’’. 
SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Commissioner shall submit to the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
a report that— 
(1) includes a list of all field offices closed dur-
ing the 5-year period ending on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the reason for each such closure, 
and any impacts of each such closure on wait-times 
and staffing at nearby affected field offices; 
(2) describes the role played by the Government 
Services Administration (GSA) in each of the field 
office closings in identifying any available alternative 
actions such as relocation of the field office, includ-
ing a detailed description of— 
(A) the number of alternative locations 
identified by the GSA during each closure pro-
cedure; 
(B) whether the GSA sought input (and 
the means by which that input was solicited) on 
alternative locations from State or local public 
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officials or the public in the affected service 
area (including how many days, weeks, months, 
or years prior to the closing the GSA sought 
such input) and the most common cited reasons 
for not finding suitable alternative locations 
prior to closing a field office; and 
(C) any recommendations for how to im-
prove the transparency and adequacy of the 
process for soliciting and determining the ap-
propriateness of alternative space for relocation 
prior to closing a field office; and 
(3) describes a plan— 
(A) to ensure that field offices are receiv-
ing sufficient resources to maintain at least the 
level of constituent services provided in the pre-
vious fiscal year; and 
(B) to adequately address the increasing 
number of individuals projected to use field of-
fices during the 10-year period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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