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H.R. 1877119th CongressSocial Welfare
Protecting Americans’ Social Security Data Act
Sponsored by Rep. John B. Larson (D-CT) · 152 active : 152 Democrats
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Where it standsBefore the House28 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govProtecting Americans’ Social Security Data Act
This bill prohibits political appointees and special government employees from accessing Social Security data systems that contain personally identifiable information about Social Security beneficiaries.
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Specifically, political appointees and special government employees may not access systems maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that issue or record Social Security account numbers, that are used to determine eligibility for or to pay Social Security benefits, or that otherwise contain personally identifiable information about individuals receiving or applying for benefits.
The bill also establishes a civil right of action for an individual whose information was negligently accessed or disclosed in violation of these provisions. The individual may bring suit against the United States if the violator was a U.S. employee or officer, or against the violator if they were not a U.S. employee or officer. Such a claim must be brought within two years of the affected individual’s discovery of the violation. Upon a finding of liability, defendants are liable for specified monetary damages.
If an individual is criminally charged or subject to proposed disciplinary or adverse action by a federal or state agency for having accessed or disclosed information in violation of these provisions, SSA must notify the individual whose information was accessed or disclosed of the violation as soon as practicable.
Finally, the bill requires the SSA Office of the Inspector General to investigate and report to Congress on any unauthorized access to or disclosure of information in a beneficiary data system.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Ways and Means · HouseReferred to
Subjects
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How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 28Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
152 activeShow all 152 cosponsors
- André Carson (D-IN-7)
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN-4)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2)
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)
- Dina Titus (D-NV-1)
- Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-AL)
- Emily Randall (D-WA-6)
- Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14)
- Gabe Amo (D-RI-1)
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4)
- Greg Landsman (D-OH-1)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
