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

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5345 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5345

 To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single
point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals
                   who are victims of identity theft.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2025

 Mr. Kustoff introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL

 To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for a single
point of contact at the Social Security Administration for individuals
                   who are victims of identity theft.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Social Security's Service
to Victims of Identity Theft Act''.

SEC. 2. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS.

    (a) In General.--Title VII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 714. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Commissioner of Social Security shall
establish and implement procedures to ensure that any individual whose
social security account number has been misused (such as to
fraudulently obtain benefits under title II, VIII, or XVI of this Act,
or in a manner that affects an individual's records at the Social
Security Administration, or in a manner that prompts the individual to
request a new social security account number) has a single point of
contact at the Social Security Administration throughout the resolution
of the individual's case. The single point of contact shall track the
individual's case to completion and coordinate with other units to
resolve issues as quickly as possible.
    ``(b) Single Point of Contact.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a), the
        single point of contact shall consist of a team or subset of
        specially trained employees who--
                    ``(A) have the ability to coordinate with other
                units to resolve the issues involved in the
                individual's case, and
                    ``(B) shall be accountable for the case until its
                resolution.
            ``(2) Team or subset.--The employees included within the
        team or subset described in paragraph (1) may change as
        required to meet the needs of the Social Security
        Administration, provided that procedures have been established
        to--
                    ``(A) ensure continuity of records and case
                history, and
                    ``(B) notify the individual when appropriate.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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