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HR 963 · in committee · major

Protecting Social Security Act

What this bill does

  • The bill ensures Social Security benefits are fully paid if trust funds become insolvent by providing emergency federal funding.
  • This affects current and future Social Security and disability benefit recipients across the country.
  • Congress must act on a fast-track process after being notified of insolvency, with strict timelines and amendment limits.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would emergency federal funding to cover Social Security insolvency affect the federal budget deficit and other government programs?

  2. 02

    What consequences could the fast-track congressional process have on lawmakers' ability to debate alternative solutions to trust fund depletion?

  3. 03

    Who would ultimately bear the cost of this federal backstop—taxpayers, beneficiaries through reduced benefits, or some combination of both?

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Sponsor · D-NY-18

Patrick Ryan

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Introduced 2025-02-04

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-04 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-02-04 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-02-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-02-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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