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H.R. 5345House bill · 119th CongressOn the President's deskSocial Welfare

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

Sponsored byDavid KustoffR-TN-8Introduced Sep 15, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Sep 29, 2026) — Presented to President.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Sep 15, 2025

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.

Face Value

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How much of this bill its name accounts for.

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  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out

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dev.oduyaDemoVI-ALvoted Yea8d ago
Against, and not because the goal is wrong. It stacks a new process on top of two that already don't talk to each other. I'd want the cost estimate before I'd defend either position.
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nadia.hartleyDemoNV-2voted Nay7d ago
This looks like it codifies practice that already exists informally. Worth doing — informal practice evaporates when an administration changes. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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elena.papadakisDemoGA-5voted Yea7d ago
Genuine question rather than a gotcha: what does success look like in five years? If we can't say, what are we actually voting on? Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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aviva_sternDemoMO-27d ago
The reporting requirement *is* the guardrail. Once the numbers are public the politics change on their own.
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kbmontroseDemoNM-2voted Nay8d ago
Voting no on process rather than substance. This hasn't had a hearing I can find, which is a lot of reach for a bill nobody has questioned in public. That's a drafting question rather than a political one.
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NorthWoodsNinaDemoNY-12voted Nay8d ago
This looks like it codifies practice that already exists informally. Worth doing — informal practice evaporates when an administration changes. It'll come down to what the agency does with it.
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dev.oduyaDemoVI-ALvoted Yea8d ago
The sunset point is the strongest thing in this thread and nobody's answered it.
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