To direct the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a study relating to administrative costs.

This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to study and report on ways to insure the solvency of the Social Security program while protecting current benefits.

In its study, the SSA must address lowering administrative costs of the program and investigate means testing, flat benefits, and basing benefits on lifelong labor earnings.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8101 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8101

   To direct the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a study 
                   relating to administrative costs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2022

 Mr. Cawthorn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a study 
                   relating to administrative costs.

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

SECTION 1. STUDY ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

    (a) In General.--The Commissioner of Social Security shall conduct 
a study on ways to--
            (1) lower administration costs by at least 15 percent;
            (2) protect current benefits;
            (3) investigate means testing, flat benefits, and basing 
        benefits pay outs on lifelong labor earnings; and
            (4) insure the solvency of the program.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall submit a report on 
the results of the study under subsection (a) to the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate.
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