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HR 1215 116th Congress House Health Advisory bodies Executive agency funding and structure Financial services and investments Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Medicare Social security and elderly assistance

Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act

Introduced: February 13, 2019 Introduced by: Walberg, Tim Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Feb 13, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 13, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced in House
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Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act

This bill establishes (1) in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, a Social Security Surplus Protection Account; and (2) in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, a Medicare Surplus Protection Account.

The Managing Trustee of each trust fund (in both cases, the Secretary of the Treasury) (1) must transfer the annual surplus of the trust fund to its respective account; and (2) may not invest the balance in the account until a law takes effect that authorizes, for amounts in the trust fund, an investment vehicle other than U.S. obligations.

The bill establishes in the executive branch a commission to study the most effective vehicles for investment of the trust funds, other than investments in the form of U.S. obligations.

What's happening now February 13, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1215: Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1215/
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"H.R. 1215: Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1215/.
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H.R. 1215, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1215/.
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