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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5447
To amend the Social Security Act to prepare the Social Security
Administration for the needs of the 21st century, and for other purposes
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 11, 2000
Mr. SHAW (for himself and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to
the Committee on the Budget, 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 committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Social Security Act to prepare the Social
Security Administration for the needs of the 21st cen-
tury, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Admin-
istration Preparedness Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF THE SOCIAL SECU-
RITY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF ADMINIS-
TRATIVE EXPENSES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 201(g)(1)(A) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(g)(1)(A)) is
amended by striking ‘‘Of the amounts authorized’’
and all that follows and inserting the following:
‘‘The amounts authorized to be made available out
of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund under the preceding sentence for fiscal
year 2001 shall be $7,500,000,000, and the amounts
so authorized for fiscal year 2002 shall be
$8,450,000,000.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to fiscal
years after fiscal year 2000.
(b) REPORTS.—Section 201(g)(1) of such Act is
amended further by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C),
and (D) as subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G), respectively,
and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new
subparagraphs:
‘‘(B) Each program performance report submitted by
the Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to section
1116 of title 31, United States Code, shall include docu-
mentation of the manner in which and the extent to which
funds which have been appropriated for the current fiscal
year pursuant to subparagraph (A) have been and will be
used, and the manner in which and the extent to which
funds which are to be appropriated for the following fiscal
year pursuant to subparagraph (A) would be used, to
effectively—
‘‘(i) carry out the mission of the Social Security
Administration (other than the mission of the Office
of the Inspector General),
‘‘(ii) meet specific levels of performance that
the Administration has committed to achieve
through such plans,
‘‘(iii) achieve modern, customer responsive serv-
ice, and
‘‘(iv) protect the integrity of the programs ad-
ministered by the Commissioner under this Act
through exemplary stewardship.
The Commissioner shall ensure that a copy of each such
plan is submitted to the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Finance of the Senate.
‘‘(C)(i) The Inspector General of the Social Security
Administration shall prepare for the Office of the Inspec-
tor General for each fiscal year—
‘‘(I) an annual performance plan with respect
to the activities of the Office, and
‘‘(II) a report on the program performance of
the Office in relation to such plan.
The Inspector General shall submit the report on program
performance for each fiscal year to the Committee on Ap-
propriations and the Committee on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Ap-
propriations and the Committee on Finance of the Senate
not later than the time required for the submission of the
program performance report of the Social Security Admin-
istration for such fiscal year.
‘‘(ii) Each program performance report by the Office
of the Inspector General shall include documentation by
the Inspector General of the manner in which and the ex-
tent to which funds which have been appropriated for the
current fiscal year pursuant to subparagraph (A) have
been and will be used, and the manner in which and the
extent to which funds which are to be appropriated for
the following fiscal year pursuant to subparagraph (A)
would be used, to effectively—