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To amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure that the receipts and disbursements of the Social Security trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget.

Introduced: February 10, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Feb 22, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 10, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 10, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (social security trust funds) from being included in the Federal budget baseline for any fiscal year and from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of offsetting any tax decrease or spending increase. Excludes social security trust fund receipts and disbursements totals from official Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Budget Office budget pronouncements.

What's happening now February 22, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Mar 16, 1999
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 10, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 685: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure that the receipts and disbursements of the Social Security trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-685/
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"H.R. 685: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure that the receipts and disbursements of the Social Security trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-685/.
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H.R. 685, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-685/.
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