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HR 4396 100th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits Federal budgets Government spending reductions Government trust funds Off-budget expenditures Old age, survivors and disability insurance Social security finance

Truth in Social Security Accounting Act of 1988

Introduced: April 18, 1988 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 21, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Apr 18, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Apr 18, 1988
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Truth in Social Security Accounting Act of 1988 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to exclude, beginning with FY 1990, Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund receipts and outlays in the Federal deficit determinations for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

What's happening now April 21, 1988

Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 28, 1988
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4396: Truth in Social Security Accounting Act of 1988. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-4396/
MLA
"H.R. 4396: Truth in Social Security Accounting Act of 1988." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-4396/.
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H.R. 4396, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-4396/.
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