Social Security Access to Information Act of 1997

Summary

Social Security Access to Information Act of 1997 - Amends title XI (General Provisions and Peer Review) of the Social Security Act to require annual social security account statements to: (1) express wages, contributions, and benefits in terms of actual dollars and in terms of current dollars; and (2) contain the total amount of benefits paid as of the date of the request to the eligible individual and the total amount of benefits paid as of such date to all beneficiaries on the basis of the eligible individual's wages and self-employment income. Shifts from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Commissioner of Social Security the responsibility for supplying such statements. Requires the Commissioner to provide them to all eligible individuals for whom a current mailing address can be determined through such methods as the Commissioner determines to be appropriate.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 21 October 1997

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  Introduced in House · EN · 21 October 1997

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 21 October 1997

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