Hands Off Our Social Security Act
Sponsored By: Representative Stansbury
Introduced
Summary
Protect Social Security benefits and access. This bill would bar officials and contractors from changing, delaying, or withholding benefits without an Act of Congress and would forbid privatization, unauthorized data mining, workforce cuts, office closures, and cuts to core communication services.
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- Families and beneficiaries: It would preserve in-person and telephone help and require the Social Security Administration to keep a minimum number of field offices in each state proportional to population. This aims to keep routine benefit access and assistance available locally.
- SSA employees and operations: The bill would block unauthorized workforce reductions, require detailed reports to Congress on any staffing changes and service impacts, and prevent outsourcing benefit administration without Congressional approval.
- Data users, contractors, and oversight: It would ban using SSA or beneficiary data for commercial or political purposes and subject violations to federal privacy penalties. The Government Accountability Office would do annual audits and report noncompliance to Congress.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Protect checks and stop privatizing Social Security
If enacted, federal officers and contractors would be barred from changing, delaying, or withholding Social Security benefits unless Congress passes a law. Any change to how much or when benefits are paid would need an Act of Congress. Administration of benefits would stay with the federal Social Security Administration. Private companies could not take over without a new law. This would help keep checks on time and from the same trusted source.
Protect privacy of Social Security data
If enacted, Social Security data could only be used to run Social Security programs. Data mining or use for commercial, political, or other unauthorized purposes would be banned. Federal officers, special employees, and contractors would need to follow existing privacy laws. Violations could be investigated and punished under federal privacy rules.
Keep Social Security offices and phone help open
SSA could not close or merge field offices unless Congress approves. It would have to keep enough fully working offices in each state for the population served. Staff cuts would need a law from Congress and a detailed report on service impacts and how service would be maintained. Phone and in-person help would be kept and must remain effective. New tools like social media could be added, but they could not replace these services without Congress.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Stansbury
NM • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Cisneros
CA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Randall
WA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Fletcher
TX • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
GA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Escobar
TX • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Wilson (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
IL • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Lofgren
CA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Gonzalez, V.
TX • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Ivey
MD • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
FL • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
MD • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
McClellan
VA • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
OH • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Liccardo
CA • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
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