H.R. 5345 · 119th Congress

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

Introduced on Sep 15, 2025 by David Kustoff (R-TN-8). One cosponsor. Latest action (Sep 29, 2026): Presented to President.

Stage
Sent to the President
Introduced
Sep 15, 2025
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Social Welfare
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

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.

Subjects

  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Social Security Administration

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Sep 15, 2025). Public domain.

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

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

David KustoffR-TN-8Sponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Sep 15, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Sep 15, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  4. Sep 17, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Sep 17, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 1.
  6. Oct 31, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-360.
  7. Oct 31, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-360.
  8. Oct 31, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 312.
  9. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseMr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4938-4939)
  11. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5345.
  12. Dec 1, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4938)
  13. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4938)
  14. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. Dec 2, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  16. Sep 17, 2026Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  17. Sep 17, 2026 · SenateSenate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  18. Sep 17, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  19. Sep 17, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4790)
  20. Sep 18, 2026 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  21. Sep 29, 2026Presented to President.
  22. Sep 29, 2026 · HousePresented to President.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. AARP3 reports
    $12.9M reported (all issues)
  2. NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE2 reports
    $210K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.