U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB5345: Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
Status: Signed into law, October 7, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, December 2, 2025:
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. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act . SECTION 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: SECTION 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 …
Sponsors
- David Kustoff (R, HD-008) · primary sponsor
- Nicole Malliotakis (R, HD-011)
Latest actions
- : Became Public Law No: 119-119.
- : Signed by President.
- : Presented to President.
- : Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- : Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4790)
- : Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- : Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- : Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- : Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- : Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure, Computer security and identity theft, Social Welfare, Social Security Administration
Common questions
- What is HB5345?
- HB5345 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act.
- What does HB5345 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of HB5345?
- Signed into law as of October 7, 2026. Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-119. (October 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB5345?
- David Kustoff (R, HD-008), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB5345?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5345
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