HR 6237
Repairing Social Security After Trump and DOGE Act
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Bill overview
The Repairing Social Security After Trump and DOGE Act aims to provide access to Social Security benefits for individuals who, due to specific hardships, were unable to apply for them between January 20, 2025, and January 19, 2029. The bill establishes a process for identifying these individuals and allows them to notify the Social Security Administration of their hardship. It also addresses issues related to disability insurance waiting periods and requires a report on the impact of recent administrative changes.
Key provisions
- Deems individuals who failed to apply for benefits due to undue hardship to have applied on the later of January 20, 2025, or the date they met eligibility requirements.
- Establishes a program for individuals to notify the Social Security Administration of their hardship.
- Defines ‘undue hardship’ as encompassing issues related to administrative changes, staffing problems, technical difficulties, operational changes, being falsely declared dead, misinformation, and other barriers to application.
- Waives the disability insurance waiting period for those who failed to apply due to undue hardship.
- Requires the Social Security Administration to identify individuals who failed to apply and establish a notification program.
- Mandates a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) detailing the impact of administrative changes between 2025 and 2029.
- Specifies a timeline for the Commissioner of Social Security to take action.
- Prohibits the use of payments made under the Act in determining eligibility for other benefits.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 6237
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To require the Commissioner of Social Security to take actions to provide certain individuals who suffered an undue hardship access to benefits under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to which such individuals should have been entitled.
This Act may be cited as the Repairing Social Security After Trump and DOGE Act
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the date on which such individual suffered the undue hardship; or
the date on which such individual met all requirements for entitlement to such benefits (other than application therefor).
Beginning not later than 180 days after January 20, 2029, the Commissioner shall—
establish a program through which individuals may notify the Commissioner that they failed as of any date to apply for such a benefit due to an undue hardship.
undue hardshipmeans, if occurring during the period beginning on January 20, 2025, and ending on January 19, 2029, an issue with obtaining a benefit under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1381 et seq.) due to—
changes in the operations of the Social Security Administration, including those resulting from actions taken by the United States DOGE Service (commonly referred to as the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE
), Special Government Employee Elon Musk, Trump Administration officials, or Social Security Administration employees or contractors;
operational issues, including changes that require internet access or transportation to appointments;
being falsely declared dead, including being placed on the Social Security Death Master File and other records described in section 205(r) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r));
confusion about Social Security rules due to misinformation, conflicting information, or lack of information; and
other issues interfering with the ability of an individual to apply for or receive benefits, as determined appropriate by the Commissioner.
for each month beginning with the first month during all of which the individual is under a disability and in which the individual becomes so entitled to such insurance benefits and endingfor
(i) for each month beginning with the first month after his waiting period (as defined in subsection (c)(2)) in which he becomes so entitled to such insurance benefits, (ii) in the case of an individual who has been medically determined to have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, for each month beginning with the first month during all of which the individual is under a disability and in which the individual becomes entitled to such insurance benefits, or (iii) for each month beginning with the first month during all of which he is under a disability and in which he becomes so entitled to such insurance benefits, but only if he was entitled to disability insurance benefits which terminated, or had a period of disability (as defined in section 216(i)) which ceased, within the 60-month period preceding the first month in which he is under such disability, and ending. The preceding sentence shall only apply in relation to a period of disability (as defined in section 216(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i))) of the individual that begins during the period beginning on January 20, 2025, and ending on January 20, 2029.
Not later than 180 days of the enactment of this Act or July 30, 2029, whichever is later, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate report detailing—
the actions and changes implemented by the Social Security Administration between January 20, 2025, and January 20, 2029;
recommendations to repair the damage done as a result of such actions and changes.