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HR 4082 112th Congress House

Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2012

Official title: To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to require the President to transmit the annual budget of the Social Security Administration without revisions to Congress, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 7, 2012 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Administrative remediesExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesSocial Security AdministrationSocial security and elderly assistance
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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
Feb 24, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 17, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 17, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 24, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2012 - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to submit an annual budget estimate of the Social Security Administration (SSA) (instead of a budget) directly to Congress and the President (instead of first to the President, who would submit it to Congress).

Revises requirements for the general contents of the SSA budget, requiring inclusion of the number of cases pending at each hearing office and the average processing time.

Prohibits the Commissioner from closing or consolidating SSA field or hearing offices, or otherwise limiting public access to one, until 180 days after submitting to specified congressional committees a detailed report outlining and justifying the process for selecting field offices to be closed, consolidated, or otherwise have limited access.

Prohibits the Commissioner from closing an SSA field or hearing office, consolidating two or more such offices, or otherwise imposing any new limitation on public access to any such office unless the Commissioner follows certain administrative procedures.

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