I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3150 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to merge the Federal Old- 
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2015 
Mr. BECERRA (for himself, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
JUDY CHU of California, Ms. LEE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. LINDA
T. SA´NCHEZ
of California, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. NEAL, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. MATSUI, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. ELLISON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to merge the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, 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 ‘‘One Social Security 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED. 
Section 201(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
401(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) There is hereby created on the books of the 
Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known 
as the ‘Social Security Trust Fund’. The Social Security 
Trust Fund shall consist of the securities held by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury for the Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund and the amount standing to the 
credit of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund on the books of the Treasury on January 1, 2016, 
which securities and amount the Secretary of the Treasury 
is authorized and directed to transfer to the Social Secu-
rity Trust Fund, and, in addition, such gifts and bequests 
as may be made as provided in subsection (i)(1), and such 
amounts as may be appropriated to, or deposited in, the 
Social Security Trust Fund as hereinafter provided. There 
is hereby appropriated to the Social Security Trust Fund 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for 
each fiscal year thereafter, out of any moneys in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent 
to 100 percent of— 
‘‘(1) the taxes imposed by chapter 21 (other 
than sections 3101(b) and 3111(b)) of the Internal 
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Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to wages (as de-
fined in section 3121 of such Code) reported to the 
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to subtitle F of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury by applying the ap-
plicable rates of tax under such chapter (other than 
sections 3101(b) and 3111(b)) to such wages, which 
wages shall be certified by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security on the basis of the records of wages es-
tablished and maintained by such Commissioner in 
accordance with such reports; and 
‘‘(2) the taxes imposed by chapter 2 (other than 
section 1401(b)) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 with respect to self-employment income (as de-
fined in section 1402 of such Code) reported to the 
Secretary of the Treasury on tax returns under sub-
title F of such Code, as determined by the Secretary 
of the Treasury by applying the applicable rate of 
tax under such chapter (other than section 1401(b)) 
to such self-employment income, which self-employ-
ment income shall be certified by the Commissioner 
of Social Security on the basis of the records of self- 
employment income established and maintained by 
the Commissioner of Social Security in accordance 
with such returns. 
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The amounts appropriated by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall 
be transferred from time to time from the general fund 
in the Treasury to the Social Security Trust Fund, such 
amounts to be determined on the basis of estimates by 
the Secretary of the Treasury of the taxes, specified in 
paragraphs (1) and (2), paid to or deposited into the 
Treasury; and proper adjustments shall be made in 
amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior esti-
mates were in excess of or were less than the taxes speci-
fied in such paragraphs (1) and (2). All amounts trans-
ferred to the Social Security Trust Fund under the pre-
ceding sentence shall be invested by the Managing Trustee 
in the same manner and to the same extent as the other 
assets of the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding the preceding 
sentence, in any case in which the Secretary of the Treas-
ury determines that the assets of the Trust Fund would 
otherwise be inadequate to meet the Trust Fund’s obliga-
tions for any month, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer to the Trust Fund on the first day of such month 
the total amount which would have been transferred to 
the Trust Fund under this section as in effect on October 
1, 1990; and the Trust Fund shall pay interest to the gen-
eral fund on the amount so transferred on the first day 
of any month at a rate (calculated on a daily basis, and 
applied against the difference between the amount so 
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transferred on such first day and the amount which would 
have been transferred to the Trust Fund up to that day 
under the procedures in effect on January 1, 1983) equal 
to the rate earned by the investments of the Trust Fund 
in the same month under subsection (d).’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIRED ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS. 
Section 201(c) of the Social Security Act is amended 
by striking the fourth sentence in the matter following 
paragraph (5) and inserting the following: ‘‘Such report 
shall also include actuarial analysis of the benefit cost with 
respect to disabled beneficiaries and their auxiliaries, to 
retired beneficiaries and their auxiliaries, and to survivor 
beneficiaries.’’. 
SEC. 4. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
(a) BOARD
OF TRUSTEES
OF SOCIAL SECURITY 
TRUST FUND.—Section 201(c) of the Social Security Act, 
as amended by section 3, is further amended in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the Federal Old-Age 
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Fund (hereinafter in this title 
called the ‘Trust Funds’)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Secu-
rity Trust Fund (in this title referred to as the ‘Trust 
Fund’)’’. 
(b) CONTINUITY
OF BOARD
OF TRUSTEES.—The 
Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund cre-
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ated by the amendment made by section (2) shall be a 
continuous body with the Board of Trustees of the Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund in operation 
prior to the effective date of such amendment. Individuals 
serving as members of the Board of Trustees of the Fed-
eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund as of the effec-
tive date of such amendment shall serve the remainder of 
their term as members of the Board of Trustees of the 
Social Security Trust Fund. 
SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SOCIAL 
SECURITY TRUST FUND. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO SECTION HEADING.—The sec-
tion heading for section 201 of the Social Security Act 
is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Social Security Trust 
Fund’’. 
(b) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—Section 201(c) of such 
Act, as amended by sections 3 and 4(a), is further amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘Board of Trustees of the Trust Funds’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Board of Trustees of the Trust 
Fund’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Trust 
Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Trust Funds’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Trust Fund’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘their’’ and inserting ‘‘its’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘either of the 
Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘the Trust Fund’’; 
(5) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘managing the Trust 
Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘managing the Trust 
Fund’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Trust Funds are’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Trust Fund is’’; 
(6) in the matter following paragraph (5), by 
striking ‘‘Trust Funds’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; and 
(7) in the second sentence in the matter fol-
lowing paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘whether the Fed-
eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, 
individually and collectively, are’’ and inserting 
‘‘whether the Social Security Trust Fund is’’. 
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(c) INVESTMENTS.—Section 201 of such Act is 
amended in subsections (d) and (e) by striking ‘‘Trust 
Funds’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’. 
(d) CREDITING OF INTEREST AND PROCEEDS TO 
TRUST FUNDS.—Section 201(f) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Fund shall be credited to 
and form a part of the Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Disability In-
surance Trust Fund, respectively’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund shall be credited to 
and form a part of the Social Security Trust Fund’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘either of the Trust Funds’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Trust Fund’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘such Trust Fund’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Trust Fund’’. 
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Section 201(g) of such 
Act is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Of 
the amounts authorized to be made available 
out of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund under the preceding sen-
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tence’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(Public 
Law 103–296).’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 
(i) by striking subclauses (II) and 
(III) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(II) the portion of such costs which 
should have been borne by the Social Security 
Trust Fund,’’; and 
(ii) by redesignating subclauses (IV) 
and (V) as subclauses (III) and (IV); 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Trust Funds’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Trust Fund’’; and 
(B) by striking the last sentence; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Trust 
Funds’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Trust 
Fund’’. 
(f) BENEFIT PAYMENTS.—Section 201(h) of such 
Act is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) All benefit payments required to be made under 
this title shall be made only from the Social Security Trust 
Fund.’’. 
(g) GIFTS.—Section 201(i) of such Act is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the 
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Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund’’. 
(h) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Section 201(j) of such Act 
is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund, or the Federal Disability In-
surance Trust Fund (as determined appropriate by the 
Commissioner of Social Security)’’ and inserting ‘‘the So-
cial Security Trust Fund’’. 
(i) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section 201(k) of 
such Act is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund, as determined appropriate 
by the Commissioner of Social Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund’’. 
(j) BENEFIT CHECKS.—Section 201(m) of such Act 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘each of the 
Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security 
Trust Fund’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘one of the 
Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘the Trust Fund’’; and 
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(3) by striking ‘‘such Trust Fund’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the Trust Fund’’. 
(k) CONFORMING REPEALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 201 of such Act is 
amended by striking subsections (b), (l), and (n). 
(2) REDESIGNATIONS.—Section 201 of such 
Act is further amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(c) 
through (j) as subsections (b) through (i), re-
spectively; 
(B) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub-
section (j); and 
(C) by redesignating subsection (m) as 
subsection (k). 
(3) REFERENCES
TO
REDESIGNATED
SEC-
TIONS.— 
(A) Section 201(a) of such Act, as amend-
ed by section 2, is further amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (i)(1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (h)(1)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’. 
(B) Section 1131(b)(1) of such Act is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 201(g)(1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 201(f)(1)’’. 
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SEC. 6. OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SE-
CURITY ACT. 
(a) TITLE II.—Title II of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 202(x)(3)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund, as appropriate,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Se-
curity Trust Fund’’; 
(2) in section 206(d)(5), by striking ‘‘the Fed-
eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as 
appropriate’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security 
Trust Fund’’; 
(3) in section 206(e)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security Trust 
Fund’’; 
(4) in section 208(b)(5)(A), by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund, as appropriate’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Se-
curity Trust Fund’’; 
(5) in section 215(i)(1)(F)— 
(A) in clause (i)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘the combined balance 
in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Fund’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the balance in the Social Security 
Trust Fund’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and reduced by the 
outstanding amount of any loan (including 
interest thereon) theretofore made to ei-
ther such Fund from the Federal Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund under section 
201(l)’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Federal Old-Age 
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security 
Trust Fund’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(other than pay-
ments’’ and all that follows through ‘‘from 
that Account’’; 
(6) in section 217(g)(2), by inserting after the 
first sentence the following: ‘‘For purposes of any 
such revision of the amount determined under para-
graph (1) that occurs in a year after 2015, any ref-
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erence in such paragraph to the Federal Old-Age 
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal 
Disability Insurance Trust Fund shall be deemed to 
be a reference to the Social Security Trust Fund.’’; 
(7) in section 221(e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Trust Funds’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; and 
(B) by striking the last sentence; 
(8) in section 221(f), by striking ‘‘Trust 
Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; 
(9) in section 222(d)— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to the 
end that savings will accrue to the Trust Funds 
as a result of rehabilitating such individuals, 
there are authorized to be transferred from the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘to the end that 
savings will accrue to the Trust Fund as a re-
sult of rehabilitating such individuals, there are 
authorized to be transferred from the Social Se-
curity Trust Fund’’; and 
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(C) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) The Commissioner of Social Security shall deter-
mine according to such methods and procedures as the 
Commissioner may deem appropriate the total amount to 
be reimbursed for the cost of services under this sub-
section.’’; 
(10) in section 228(g)— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security 
Trust Fund’’; and 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Se-
curity Trust Fund’’; 
(11) in section 231(c), by striking ‘‘Trust 
Funds’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Trust 
Fund’’; and 
(12) in section 234(a)(1), by striking ‘‘Trust 
Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’. 
(b) TITLE VII.—Title VII of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 703(j), by striking ‘‘Federal Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Old-Age 
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and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’; 
(2) in section 708, by striking ‘‘the ‘OASDI 
trust fund ratio’ under section 201(l),’’ after ‘‘com-
puting’’; 
(3) in section 709— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust 
Fund’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 201(l) or’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability In-
surance Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social 
Security Trust Fund’’; and 
(4) in section 710— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust 
Fund’’; and 
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(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘any Trust Fund speci-
fied in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Social Security Trust Fund’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘payments from any 
such Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘pay-
ments from the Social Security Trust 
Fund’’. 
(c) TITLE XI.—Title XI of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 1106(b), by striking ‘‘the Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund’’; 
(2) in section 1129(e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund, as determined appropriate by the Secretary’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Social Security Trust Fund’’; 
(3) in sections 1131(b)(2) and 1140(c)(2), by 
striking ‘‘the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insur-
ance Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security 
Trust Fund’’; 
(4) in section 1145(c)— 
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(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) the Social Security Trust Fund;’’; and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(5) in section 1148(j)(1)(A)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘the Social Security 
Trust Fund’’; and 
(B) by striking the second sentence. 
(d) TITLE XVIII.—Title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395) is amended— 
(1) in section 1817(g), by striking ‘‘Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’; 
(2) in section 1840(a)(2), by striking ‘‘Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’; and 
(3) in section 1841(f), by striking ‘‘Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
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from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’. 
SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS OUTSIDE OF SOCIAL 
SECURITY ACT. 
(a) BUDGET.— 
(1) OFF-BUDGET EXEMPTION.—Section 405(a) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
655(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age 
and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability In-
surance Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Secu-
rity Trust Fund’’. 
(2) 
SEQUESTRATION
EXEMPTION.—Section 
255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Payments to 
Social Security Trust Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Pay-
ments to the Social Security Trust Fund’’. 
(b) TAX.— 
(1) TAXABLE
WAGES.—Section 3121(l)(4) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust 
Fund’’. 
(2) OVERPAYMENTS.— 
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(A) Section 6402(d)(3)(C) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund, whichever is certified to the Sec-
retary as appropriate by the Commissioner of 
Social Security’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security 
Trust Fund’’. 
(B) Subsection (f)(2)(B) of section 3720A, 
United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund, whichever is certified to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury as appropriate by the 
Commissioner of Social Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’. 
(c) FALSE CLAIMS PENALTIES.—Subsection (g)(2) of 
section 3806 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health and 
Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Commissioner 
of Social Security’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund’’ and inserting 
‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’; and 
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(2) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health and 
Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Commissioner 
of Social Security’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Federal Disability Insur-
ance Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Secu-
rity Trust Fund’’. 
(d) RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD.—Section 7 of 
the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare’’ each time it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Commissioner of Social Security’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Fund,’’ each time it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Social Security Trust 
Fund’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (c)(4), by striking ‘‘Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’. 
SEC. 8. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Effective beginning January 1, 2016, any reference 
in law to the ‘‘Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund’’ or the ‘‘Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund’’ is deemed to be a reference to the Social Security 
Trust Fund. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on January 1, 2016. 
Æ 
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