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[H.R. 5345 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5345

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six


                                 An Act


 
 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Social Security's Service 
to Victims of Identity Theft Act''.
SEC. 2. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS.
    (a) In General.--Title VII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``SEC. 714. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS.
    ``(a) In General.--The Commissioner of Social Security shall 
establish and implement procedures to ensure that any individual whose 
social security account number has been misused (such as to 
fraudulently obtain benefits under title II, VIII, or XVI of this Act, 
or in a manner that affects an individual's records at the Social 
Security Administration, or in a manner that prompts the individual to 
request a new social security account number) or whose Social Security 
card has been lost in the course of transmission to the individual has 
a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration 
throughout the resolution of the individual's case. The single point of 
contact shall track the individual's case to completion and coordinate 
with other units to resolve issues as quickly as possible.
    ``(b) Single Point of Contact.--
        ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a), the single 
    point of contact shall consist of a team or subset of specially 
    trained employees who--
            ``(A) have the ability to coordinate with other units to 
        resolve the issues involved in the individual's case, and
            ``(B) shall be accountable for the case until its 
        resolution.
        ``(2) Team or subset.--The employees included within the team 
    or subset described in paragraph (1) may change as required to meet 
    the needs of the Social Security Administration, provided that 
    procedures have been established to--
            ``(A) ensure continuity of records and case history, and
            ``(B) notify the individual when appropriate.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.