Social Security must assign one worker to help theft victims.

What it does

The Social Security Administration must set up a team of trained workers. Each worker will be the main contact for one theft victim. The worker will track the case from start to finish. The worker will help across different Social Security offices to fix problems fast. The team must keep the same worker for each victim. This must start 180 days after the law passes.

Who it affects

People whose Social Security numbers or cards were stolen or lost will get one main contact. They will not have to call many offices. The Social Security Administration must hire and train workers for this team.

One thing to notice

The bill does not say how many workers the team needs. The bill does not say how much it will cost. The bill only helps victims whose card was lost in the mail or whose number was stolen. It does not help all types of theft.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.

• Sep 15, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Sep 15, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means”
• Sep 17, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Sep 17, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 1”
• Dec 1, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4938)”
• Dec 1, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
• Sep 17, 2026 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Dec 2025 to Dec 2025.

Those reports show $5,300,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 104 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.

David Kustoff, who sponsored the bill, received $1,044,250 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• AARP — $5,300,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• Social Security Administration — The government office that manages Social Security numbers and benefits.
• theft — When someone takes or uses another person's name or number without permission.
• contact — The one person a victim calls or talks to about their problem.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.