Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-3309
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-19
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance

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Social security and elderly assistance

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 723.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Social Security Administration to&nbsp;make available, within two years,&nbsp;online tools that allow individuals who&nbsp;are&nbsp;eligible for disability benefits under the Social Security Act to assess the impact of earnings on their eligibility for federal and state benefits. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3309 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 19, 2017 Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To require the Commissioner of Social Security to make publicly available online tools to allow individuals eligible for disability benefits to assess the impact of earnings on the individual’s eligibility for, and amount of, benefits received through Federal and State benefit programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act . 2. Online benefit assessment tools Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall make available through an individual’s account on the website of the Social Security Administration online tools to allow all individuals eligible for benefits based on disability under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to assess the impact of earnings on the individual’s eligibility for, and amount of, benefits received through Federal and State benefit programs.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 723 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3309 [Report No. 115–932] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 19, 2017 Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means September 10, 2018 Additional sponsors: Mr. Reed and Mr. Bishop of Michigan September 10, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 19, 2017 A BILL To require the Commissioner of Social Security to make publicly available online tools to allow individuals eligible for disability benefits to assess the impact of earnings on the individual’s eligibility for, and amount of, benefits received through Federal and State benefit programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act of 2018 . 2. Online benefit assessment tools (a) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall make available on the website of the Social Security Administration a tool or tools to allow an individual entitled to benefits under section 223 of the Social Security Act to obtain an estimate of the potential impact of earnings on the individual’s eligibility for and amount of such benefits. (b) No recovery of certain overpayments In any case in which a beneficiary to whom an overpayment is made under section 223 of the Social Security Act shows to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that such overpayment arose as a result of the beneficiary’s reliance on inaccurate information provided by the tool or tools described in subsection (a), the beneficiary shall be considered to meet the criteria in section 204(b)(1) of such Act and there shall be no adjustment of payments to, or recovery by the United States from, the beneficiary with respect to such overpayment.

September 10, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed