HR 3784 United States House · 118th Congress

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

This bill establishes a single point of contact within the Social Security Administration (SSA) for individuals whose Social Security numbers have been misused in identity theft cases. It requires SSA to create a dedicated team of specially trained employees who coordinate all aspects of a victim's case - tracking it until resolution and working with other SSA units - to simplify the process for affected individuals. The law directly impacts victims of identity theft involving fraudulent benefits (under Social Security Titles II, VIII, or XVI), record changes at SSA, or requests for new Social Security numbers. The SSA must implement this system within 180 days of the bill's enactment.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Sep 2024
House Passage
Sep 2024
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Jun 1, 2023 Last action Sep 18, 2024
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What changed between versions

Introduced in House Engrossed in House · 3 edits · Sep 17, 2024
MINOR
The engrossed version expands the scope of the single point of contact provision to cover not only identity theft victims but also individuals whose Social Security cards are lost in transit. It also removes a clerical amendment subsection and renumbers the effective date provision, which are technical changes.
SCOPE

The eligibility for a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration was expanded to include individuals whose Social Security card was lost in the course of transmission to them, in addition to those whose account number was misused.

TECHNICAL

A clerical amendment subsection that would have added a new entry to the table of contents for title VII of the Social Security Act was removed, likely because it is handled through standard legislative process rather than being included in the bill text.

The effective date provision was renumbered from subsection (c) to subsection (b) following the removal of the clerical amendment subsection.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Sep 18, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Sep 17, 2024
Introduced
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5255-5256)
lower
Sep 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5255-5256)
lower
Sep 17, 2024
Introduced
Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
lower
Sep 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-191.
lower
Jun 7, 2023
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
lower
Jun 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Jun 1, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Jun 1, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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