119-s1666

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1666 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1666

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
 Cassidy, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Young, Mr. King, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. 
 Sanders) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Finance

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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.

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

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SEC. 714. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS.

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    (a) In General.--The Commissioner of Social Security shall 
establish and implement procedures to ensure that any individual whose 
social security account number has been misused (such as to 
fraudulently obtain benefits under title II, VIII, or XVI of this Act, 
or in a manner that affects an individual's records at the Social 
Security Administration, or in a manner that prompts the individual to 
request a new social security account number) or whose social security 
card has been lost in the course of transmission to the individual has 
a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration 
throughout the resolution 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.
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    (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--
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        (A) have the ability to coordinate with other 
 units to resolve the issues involved in the 
 individual's case, and
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        (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
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        (B) notify the individual when appropriate.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection

    (a) shall 
take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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