United States S 2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act

Bill Text

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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION S. 2763
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to permanently appropriate
funding for the administrative expenses of the Social Security Adminis-
tration, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL,
Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. SMITH, Ms. WARREN, Mr. REED, Mr. KIM, Mr.
MARKEY, Mr. KING, Mr. WELCH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. COONS, Ms.
BALDWIN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. DURBIN, Mr.
HICKENLOOPER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE,
Mr. KAINE, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. MURRAY,
Mr. WARNER, Ms. ALSOBROOKS, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Fi-
nance
A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to permanently
appropriate funding for the administrative expenses of
the Social Security Administration, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act’’. 5
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1
this Act is as follows: 2
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Exempting Social Security from the jurisdiction of the Department of
Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the application of certain
executive orders.
Sec. 3. Access by political appointees and special government employees.
Sec. 4. Limitations on authority of Social Security Administration to except po-
sitions from competitive service and transfer positions.
Sec. 5. Requiring that only deceased individuals be added to the Death Master
File.
Sec. 6. Closure of field and hearing offices and resident or rural contact sta-
tions.
Sec. 7. Reestablishing the Offices of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity,
Transformation, and Analytics, Review, and Oversight.
Sec. 8. Funding for administrative expenses of the Social Security Administra-
tion.
Sec. 9. Additional funding to improve Social Security customer experience.
Sec. 10. Codification of former policy regarding recovery of Social Security
overpayments.
Sec. 11. State grants to protect the legal rights of SSI and SSDI applicants
and beneficiaries.
Sec. 12. Social Security assistance and representation grants.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTING SOCIAL SECURITY FROM THE JURIS-3
DICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERN-4
MENT EFFICIENCY (DOGE) AND THE APPLI-5
CATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 6
(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the agencies, per-7
sonnel, systems, and benefits and programs described in 8
subsection (b)— 9
(1) DOGE shall have no authority or jurisdic-10
tion; and 11
(2) the Executive orders described in subsection 12
(c) shall not apply. 13
(b) COVERED AGENCIES, PERSONNEL, SYSTEMS, 14
AND BENEFITS AND PROGRAMS.—The agencies, per-15
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sonnel, systems, and benefits and programs described in 1
this subsection are the Social Security Administration, any 2
officer or employee of the Social Security Administration, 3
the data, information technology, and operating systems 4
of the Social Security Administration, and any benefits or 5
program administered by the Social Security Administra-6
tion, including the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and 7
Disability Insurance programs and associated benefits 8
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 9
et seq.). 10
(c) EXECUTIVE ORDERS.—The Executive orders de-11
scribed in this subsection are— 12
(1) Executive Orders 14158, 14210, 14219, 13
and 14222 (90 Fed. Reg. 8441, 9669, 10583, 14
11095); and 15
(2) any other Executive order relating to any 16
entity described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5). 17
(d) DOGE.—For purposes of this section, the term 18
‘‘DOGE’’ means— 19
(1) the United States DOGE Service; 20
(2) the United States DOGE Service Tem-21
porary Organization; 22
(3) any DOGE team (as defined in any of the 23
Executive orders described in subsection (c)(1)); 24
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(4) any entity established in accordance with, or 1
to implement, any Executive order described in sub-2
section (c); and 3
(5) any successor entity to an entity described 4
in paragraphs (1) through (4). 5
SEC. 3. ACCESS BY POLITICAL APPOINTEES AND SPECIAL 6
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. 7
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1106 of the Social Secu-8
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1306) is amended by adding after sub-9
section (g) the following new subsections: 10
‘‘(h) ACCESS BY POLITIC