HR 5345
Became law
Requires the Social Security Administration to assign identity theft victims a single team of trained employees who tracks their case until it is resolved.
Official title: Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
15-SEP-2025
Referred
15-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
17-SEP-2025
Reported
31-OCT-2025
On the calendar
31-OCT-2025
Passed
01-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
02-DEC-2025
Passed
17-SEP-2026
President
Presented
29-SEP-2026
Signed
07-OCT-2026
Became law
07-OCT-2026
- Applies to people whose Social Security number has been misused, or whose card was lost in transmission to them
- Requires a specially trained team or employee group accountable for coordinating the case to completion
- Allows staffing changes if the agency keeps case records continuous and notifies the individual when appropriate
- Takes effect 180 days after enactment
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (15-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 01-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Ways and Means Committee (House)
- Finance Committee (Senate)
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