Protecting Seniors' Data Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Introduced
Summary
Creates a GAO audit of the Social Security Administration systems linked to the U.S. DOGE Service to find security and privacy failures. This bill would require the Comptroller General to identify software vulnerabilities and whether individuals or teams tied to the U.S. DOGE Service violated federal privacy or security laws.
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- The Comptroller General would begin a comprehensive systems audit within 60 days and deliver a report within 1 year to the Senate Finance Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Social Security Administration Commissioner.
- The Commissioner of Social Security would have 90 days after receiving the audit report to fix any identified vulnerabilities or bugs and then report the status back to the two committees.
- The audit would cover SSA systems and networks accessed by the U.S. DOGE Service, the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, employees or volunteers affiliated with those groups, and associated agency DOGE teams. It would assess potential violations of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Federal Information Security Management Act, and section 1106 of the Social Security Act.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Audit and Fix Social Security Systems
This bill would require the Comptroller General to start a comprehensive audit within 60 days of enactment. The audit would cover SSA computer systems and networks accessed by the U.S. DOGE Service, its temporary organization, or their employees, volunteers, or teams. It would look for security vulnerabilities and software bugs in code those people installed, created, or changed, and whether they violated federal privacy laws (for example, the Privacy Act, IRS tax privacy rules, FISMA, and Social Security Act privacy rules). Within one year the Comptroller General would report findings and recommendations to Senate Finance, House Ways and Means, and the SSA Commissioner. After the Commissioner gets the report, the Commissioner would have 90 days to fix any identified vulnerabilities or bugs and to tell the committees what was done.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI • D
Cosponsors
Ron Wyden
OR • D
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Elizabeth Warren
MA • D
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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