Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act

Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. The single point of contact must track the individual's case to completion and coordinate with other specialized units to resolve case issues as quickly as possible.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6084 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6084

 To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single 
point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals 
                   who are victims of identity theft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2018

Mr. Bishop of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, and Mr. 
Sam Johnson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single 
point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals 
                   who are victims of identity theft.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Social Security's Service 
to Victims of Identity Theft Act''.

SEC. 2. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS.

    Title VII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SECTION 714. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Commissioner of Social Security shall 
establish and implement procedures to ensure that any individual who 
requests a new social security account number due to theft or breach or 
whose social security account number is used to fraudulently obtain 
benefits under title II, VIII, or XVI of this Act has a single point of 
contact at the Social Security Administration throughout the processing 
of the individual's case. The single point of contact shall track the 
individual's case to completion and coordinate with other units to 
resolve issues as quickly as possible.
    ``(b) Single Point of Contact.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a), the 
        single point of contact shall consist of a team or subset of 
        specially trained employees who--
                    ``(A) have the ability to coordinate with other 
                units to resolve the issues involved in the 
                individual's case, and
                    ``(B) shall be accountable for the case until its 
                resolution.
            ``(2) Team or subset.--The employees included within the 
        team or subset described in paragraph (1) may change as 
        required to meet the needs of the Social Security 
        Administration, provided that procedures have been established 
        to--
                    ``(A) ensure continuity of records and case 
                history, and
                    ``(B) notify the individual when appropriate.''.
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