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H.R. 5345 119th Congress House

Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act

Official title: To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals who are victims of identity theft.

Introduced: September 15, 2025 Introduced by: David Kustoff Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Computer security and identity theftExecutive agency funding and structureSocial Security Administration
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 Everywhere this bill has been 19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 7, 2026
Signed by President.
Sep 29, 2026
Presented to President.
Sep 18, 2026
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 17, 2026
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4790)
Sep 17, 2026
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 17, 2026
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 2, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 1, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 1, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4938)
Dec 1, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4938)
Dec 1, 2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5345.
Dec 1, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4938-4939)
Dec 1, 2025
Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Oct 31, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 312.
Oct 31, 2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-360.
Sep 17, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 1.
Sep 17, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 15, 2025
Introduced in House
Sep 15, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Latest action October 7, 2026

Signed by President.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act

This bill requires the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. The single point of contact must consist of a team or subset of specially trained employees, and must track the individual's case to completion and coordinate with other specialized units to resolve issues as quickly as possible.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 6
  • S 1666 Identical bill Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
  • HR 3784 Cross-Congress related bill Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
  • S 2392 Cross-Congress related bill Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
  • HR 3765 Cross-Congress related bill Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
  • HR 7274 Cross-Congress related bill Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
  • S 3684 Cross-Congress related bill Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
 Bill text 5 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
    for NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • MARIA FREESE
    for NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
    for NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • MARIA FREESE
    for NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • AARP
    for AARP · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • AARP
    for AARP · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Malliotakis, Nicole
New York · Sep 16, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5345: Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5345/
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"H.R. 5345: Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5345/.
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H.R. 5345, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5345/.
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