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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2312
To amend the Social Security Act to provide for annual distribution of
social security account statements to all beneficiaries and to improve
the information made available in such statements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 12, 1995
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Mr. RANGEL) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Social Security Act to provide for annual
distribution of social security account statements to all
beneficiaries and to improve the information made avail-
able in such statements.
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 ‘‘Social Security Infor-
mation Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT STATEMENTS
TO ALL BENEFICIARIES INDICATING TOTAL
BENEFITS PAID.
Section 1143 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1320b–13) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Beginning
not later than October 1, 1990, the Commissioner of
Social Security’’ and inserting ‘‘The Commissioner
of Social Security’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(2)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C)
and (D) as subparagraph (G) and (H), respec-
tively;
(B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B)
and inserting the following new subparagraphs:
‘‘(A) the amount of wages paid to, and self-em-
ployment income derived by, the eligible individual,
as shown by the records of the Commissioner of So-
cial Security on the date of the request;
‘‘(B) the amount of wages paid to, and self-em-
ployment income derived by, any individual (other
than the eligible individual) on whose wages and
self-employment income the eligible individual’s ben-
efits are based, as shown by the records of the Com-
missioner of Social Security on the date of the re-
quest;
‘‘(C) the total amount of benefits paid to the el-
igible individual, as shown by the records of the
Commissioner of Social Security on the date of the
request;
‘‘(D) the total amount of benefits paid to all
beneficiaries (other than the eligible individual) on
the basis of the eligible individual’s wages and self-
employment income, as shown by the records of the
Commissioner of Social Security on the date of the
request;
‘‘(E) an estimate of the aggregate of the em-
ployee and self-employment contributions of the eli-
gible individual for old-age, survivors, and disability
insurance, as shown by the records of the Commis-
sioner of Social Security on the date of the request;
‘‘(F) an estimate of the aggregate of the em-
ployee and self-employment contributions for old-
age, surviviors, and disability insurance of any indi-
vidual (other than the eligible individual) on whose
wages and self-employment income the eligible indi-
vidual’s benefits are based, as shown by the records
of the Commissioner of Social Security on the date
of the request;’’;
(D) in subparagraph (H) (as redesig-
nated), by striking the period and inserting a
semicolon; and
(E) by inserting, after and below subpara-
graph (H) (as redesignated), the following:
‘‘expressed in terms of actual dollars and in terms
of current dollars.’’;
(4) in subsection (a)(3)—
(A) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); and
(B) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) is receiving benefits under title II or has
attained age 25 or over.’’;
(5) in subsection (c), by redesignating para-
graph (2) as paragraph (3), and by striking ‘‘(c)(1)
By not later’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(c)(1) The Commissioner of Social Security shall
provide a statement on an annual basis to each eligible
individual who is receiving benefits under title II.
‘‘(2) By not later’’; and
(6) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) For purposes of subsection (a)(2), any state-
ment required under this subsection to be provided to an
individual in any fiscal year without request shall be
deemed to have been requested by such individual pursu-
ant to subsection (a) on October 1 of such fiscal year.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to social security account statements provided
under section 1143 of the Social Security Act after Sep-
tember 30, 1995.
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