Archives of Social Security Legislation of the 111th Congress

Summaries of Legislation of the 111th Congress with provisions affecting Social Security:

• On April 21, 2009, the President signed H.R. 1388, the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. Among other provisions, this law requires the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to study the feasibility of using data matching to verify statements of citizenship, nationality, or status as a permanent resident. CNCS would have to determine whether it could use the Department of Educations’ data match against our records and those of the Department of Homeland Security or whether they could establish a comparable system. The Act has been designated Public Law 111-13.
  Previous actions 03/09/09

  
  

• On February 17, 2009, the President signed H.R. 1, the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009". The Act has been designated Public Law 111-5. The House passed the conference report by a vote of 246-183, on February 13, 2009. The Senate passed an identical version of the conference report that same day by a vote of 60-38. Descriptions of the SSA-related provisions in the new law may be found in Legislative Bulletin 111-12, dated 02/13/09.
  Previous actions 02/13/09; 02/10/09; 01/28/09; 01/27/09
  
  
  

• On February 4, 2009, President Obama signed into law H.R.2, the "Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009," (P.L. 111-3). Earlier that same day the House passed, by a vote of 290 to 135, the Senate-amended version of H.R.2.
  

  The new law contains a provision that provides States the option to verify an individual's declarations of citizenship or nationality for purposes of Medicaid and/or CHIP eligibility through an electronic comparison of the information provided by the individual with information in SSA records, effective January 1, 2010.
  Previous actions 02/04/09; 01/29/09; 01/16/09 S ; 01/16/09 H

• On February 3, 2009, the House passed H.R. 559, the "Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely (FAST) Redress Act of 2009", by a vote of 413 to 3. No action has yet been taken in the Senate. The legislation would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an appeal and redress process for individuals wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding commercial aircraft.
  
  

• On January 14, 2009, the House of Representatives adopted H. Res. 40, “Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to Require Each Standing Committee to Hold Periodic Hearings on the Topic of Waste, Fraud, Abuse, or Mismanagement” by a vote of 423-0. The simple resolution amends the Rules of the House to require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on specified topics such as waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in Government programs. As a simple resolution, H. Res. 40 only requires approval by the House in order to take effect.