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The following are summaries, prepared by Social Security's Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, of legislation of the 110th Congress affecting Social Security benefits and programs. The first session of the 110th Congress convened on January 4, 2007 and continues.
For additional information on legislation, you can use THOMAS, which was developed by the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. You can access THOMAS at: http://thomas.loc.gov/ .
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Legislation
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Summaries of Legislation of the 110th Congress With Provisions Affecting Social Security:
- On August 1, 2008 the Senate passed H.R. 2608, the “SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act,” by unanimous consent. The Senate-passed version of H.R. 2608 is similar to the House version, which was passed July 11, 2007, by voice vote. Because there are some differences between the two versions of the bill, H.R. 2608 now returns to the House for further action. The House may either adopt the Senate-passed version or request a conference to reconcile the differences.
- On July 31, 2008, t he House passed H.R. 6633, the " Employee Verification Amendment Act of 2008" . This bill would evaluate and extend the basic pilot (E-Verify) program until November 30, 2013; provide for yearly funding agreements between DHS and SSA, with advance quarterly payments, and an annual accounting process.
- On July 15, 2008, H.R. 6331, the “Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008" became law when the House of Representatives and the Senate voted to override the President's veto of the bill. The House vote was 383–41 and the Senate vote was 70–26. H.R. 6331 became P.L. 110-275.
- On June 18, 2008, H.R. 6124, the “Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008” became law when the House of Representatives and the Senate voted to override the President's veto of the bill. The House vote was 317 - 109 and the Senate vote was 80 - 14. Provisions of interest to SSA are identical to those in H.R. 2419 (P.L. 100-234), which was also vetoed by the President and subsequently overridden by the House and Senate. However, because the trade provisions were inadvertently omitted during enrollment of the bill, Congressional leaders resubmitted the full text under a new bill number (H.R. 6124), which was passed and sent to the President. H.R. 6124 became P.L. 110-246
- On June 19, 2008, the House passed H.R. 5781, the “Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008” by a vote of 278-146.
- On June 17, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 6081, the “Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act of 2008”.
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On June 3, 2008, by voice vote, the House passed H.R. 4106, the "Telework Improvements Act of 2008".
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On June 3, 2008, by voice vote,the House passed H.R. 4791, the "Federal Agency Data Protection Act".
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On June 3, 2008, by voice vote, the House passed H.R. 3774, the "Senior Executive Service Diversity Act".
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On May 21, 2008, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5787, the "Federal Real Property Disposal Enhancement Act of 2008" by voice vote.
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On April 14, 2008, the House of Representatives passed on a motion to suspend the rules H.R. 3548, the “Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2008”.
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On April 9, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 1593, the “Second Chance Act of 2007” (P.L. 110-199). The House passed the bill on November 13, 2007, by a vote of 347 to 62. The Senate passed the bill without amendment by unanimous consent on March 11, 2008.
- On February 13, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 5140, the “Economic Stimulus Act of 2008” (P.L. 110-185). The House passed the bill on January 29th, by a vote of 385 to 35. The Senate amended and passed the bill on February 7th, by a vote of 81 to 16.
- On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 4986, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008” (P.L. 110-181). The provisions of interest to SSA in this law are similar to provisions previously described in Legislative Bulletin 110-17 on H.R. 1585, which was passed by Congress and later vetoed by President Bush because of language in the bill that would allow plaintiffs in lawsuits against Iraq 's former regime to freeze assets needed for the current Iraqi government.
- On December 31, 2007, the President signed into law S.2488, the "Openness Promotes Effectiveness in Our National Government Act 2007." The act has been designated Public Law 110-175.
- On September 24, 2007, H.R. 3046, the ‘‘Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2007’’ was reported (amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. See H. Rept. 110-339. On July 18, 2007, the Committee voted 41-0 to approve the bill , which would prevent Federal, State and local governments from displaying Social Security numbers (SSNs) to the public, showing the numbers on identification tags and cards and, in most cases, selling the numbers.
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