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H.R. 2223: Building Capacity for Care Act provides financial support for developing mental health and substance use disorder treatment facilities. H.R. 2305: Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act of 2025 establishes a grant program to fund mental health screenings and referrals for corrections officer. H.R. 2587/S.1266: Youth Mental Health Research Act establishes a collaborative research initiative within the NIH to improve youth mental health. H.R. 2630: Youth Suicide Prevention Research Act expands research focus areas on childhood suicide to include adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress. H.R. 2904: Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act authorizes federal grants for culturally competent research, outreach, provider training, and priority support for programs. H.R. 2936: Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department Act allows grants for tracking hospital bed capacity and introduces pilot programs for emergency care improvements. H.R. 2957: STRONG Support for Children Act of 2025 establishes programs aimed at preventing and mitigating childhood trauma through data analysis and strategy implementation. H.R. 3103: Health Share Transparency Act of 2025 requires health care sharing ministries to disclose financial and operational information to federal agencies and enrollees. H.R. 3130: FACTS Act establishes education and public health partnerships to prevent synthetic opioid misuse among youth. H.R. 3262: NURSE Act creates grants to increase school nurses in under-resourced schools. H.R. 3266: Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025 provides loans to expand and improve pediatric and adult mental health and substance use disorder treatment facilities. H.R. 3420: Words Matter Act of 2025 replacing outdated and stigmatizing terms related to intellectual disabilities with more respectful language. H.R. 3505: Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025 creates a grant program to install nets and barriers on infrastructures like bridges and railroads. H.R. 3520: STAND Against Emerging Opioids Act schedules tianeptine and its analogues as Schedule III controlled substances. H.R. 3601: National ACERT Grant Program Authorization Act establishes a new grant program focused on addressing adverse childhood experiences related to trauma exposure. H.R. 3689: TREAT Youth Act reauthorizes and increases funding for youth substance use prevention and recovery initiatives under the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. H.R. 3743: Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2025 modernizes language for substance use disorder and expands nutrition education and outreach. S. 1056: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025 establishes a grant program to improve mental health and substance use services for rural populations through telemental health care. S. 1062: Suicide Prevention Act establishes programs to enhance surveillance of self-harm and provide suicide prevention services in hospital emergency departments. S. 1074: Agricultural Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Mental Health Care Act of 2025 requires a study on the accessibility of mental health and substance use disorder services for farmers and ranchers. S. 1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 seeks to expand telehealth access by removing geographic restrictions. S. 1329/H.R. 2741: PEER Support Act supports and professionalizes peer support specialists and establishes an Office of Recovery. S. 139: FASD Respect Act reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Prevention and Services program. S. 1448: Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act seeks to improve mental health services and reduce disparities for racial and ethnic minority youth through increased funding, research, and education initiatives. S. 1663/H.R. 3243: Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025 prohibits commercial conversion therapy. S. 1673/H.R. 3260: Mental Health Improvement Act extends the authorization period for mental and behavioral health education and training grants. S. 1689/ H.R. 3316: Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act of 2025 mandates the development of a national outreach and education strategy tailored to the cultural and linguistic needs of AANHPI populations. S. 1878: ATTAIN Mental Health Act creates an online dashboard to centralize public access to information about federal and state grants for mental health and substance use disorder programs. S. 473: SENIOR Act address loneliness among older adults by requiring screenings, coordinating services, and preparing a report on loneliness. S. 931/H.R. 2509: COMPLETE Care Act incentivizes behavioral health integration with primary care through increased payments and technical assistance. 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The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act (S. 2120): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (No bill) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (No bill): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3059): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 and H.R. 1700): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (No bill): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424 and S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271 and S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (No bill): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001 and H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540 and S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988 and H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D): Provisions to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Budget: Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522 and S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115 and S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115 and H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289 and S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act)(S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948, H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]},{"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/5f1245fc-c5ed-42c6-945b-c1b360f3ee13/","filing_uuid":"5f1245fc-c5ed-42c6-945b-c1b360f3ee13","filing_type":"Q1","filing_type_display":"1st Quarter - Report","filing_year":2026,"filing_period":"first_quarter","filing_period_display":"1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)","filing_document_url":"https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/5f1245fc-c5ed-42c6-945b-c1b360f3ee13/print/","filing_document_content_type":"text/html","income":null,"expenses":"190000.00","expenses_method":"A","expenses_method_display":"A","posted_by_name":"Max Richtman","dt_posted":"2026-04-20T10:40:42-04:00","termination_date":null,"registrant_country":"United States of America","registrant_ppb_country":null,"registrant_address_1":"777 N Capitol St, NE","registrant_address_2":"Suite 805","registrant_different_address":false,"registrant_city":"WASHINGTON","registrant_state":"DC","registrant_zip":"20002","registrant":{"id":27467,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/registrants/27467/","house_registrant_id":30367,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","description":null,"address_1":"111 K Street, NE","address_2":"Suite 700","address_3":null,"address_4":null,"city":"WASHINGTON","state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","zip":"20002","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","contact_name":"DAN ADCOCK","contact_telephone":"+1 202-216-0420","dt_updated":"2026-07-29T11:57:27.724812-04:00"},"client":{"id":134297,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/clients/134297/","client_id":12,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","general_description":null,"client_government_entity":false,"client_self_select":true,"state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_state":"DC","ppb_state_display":"District of Columbia","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","effective_date":"2008-02-06"},"lobbying_activities":[{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"MMM","general_issue_code_display":"Medicare/Medicaid","description":"Medicare Observation Stays. The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (H.R. 3954): Proposals to count time spent in observation status toward the three-day prior inpatient stay required under Medicare for coverage of a subsequent stay in a skilled nursing facility. Medicare Drug Costs. The Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Security Exchange Act to require pharmaceutical manufacturers to report their costs related to clinical trials and research and development. Medicare Prescription Drugs. Drug Costs. Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169): Law to allow Medicare to negotiate prices with drug makers, cap prices at inflation in Part B and D, cap beneficiary out-of-pocket costs in Part D, eliminate cost-sharing for vaccines, eliminate cost-sharing in the catastrophic phase of Part D, and to raise the income threshold for the Low-Income Subsidy program offering assistance in paying for drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): A regulatory proposal encouraging the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Commerce to exercise march in rights that would aim to better control the pricing of prescription drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): An HHS regulatory proposal to ensure robust negotiation rules and processes that aim to curtail the cost of certain prescription drugs, as authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169). Medicare and Medicaid Prescription Drugs. (No bill): Joined comments with 19 other organizations urging HHS to use its existing authority to license competition in order to lower consumer and taxpayer costs for semaglutide drugs treating diabetes and weight management (e.g., Ozempic and Wegovy). Medicare Savings Program and Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Programs. (No bill): Proposals to make enrollment of dually eligible individuals in the Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) and the LIS program easier, so that low-income beneficiaries can more readily access financial assistance for Medicare copayments, premiums and deductibles, and to be able to access needed medications at prices they can afford. Medicare Reform. The Assuring Medicares Promise Act (H.R. 609): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals, and to the Social Security Trust Funds. Medicare Dental, Hearing and Vision Coverage. Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025 (H.R. 2045): Proposal to add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Hearing Coverage: The Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025 (H.R. 500): Proposals to add hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare call center (No bill): Proposal to address the poor working conditions of the call center workers employed by Maximus, a federal contractor with the Department of Health and Humans Services/Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) HHS/CMS. Medicare Advantage (MA). (No bill): Proposals to create transparency around Medicare Advantage plans using prior authorization and supplemental benefits that are not offered under traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage. (No bill): Proposals to apply a higher coding adjustment factor to fully account for intensive upcoding by MA plans and to exclude certain information for MA risk adjustment scores and payments; to use two years of traditional Medicare and MA diagnostic data for calculating MA risk-adjusted payments; and to promulgate more fundamental changes to the Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) risk adjustment model. Medicare Advantage. (H.R. 3467) Proposal to make Medicare Advantage plans the default choice during initial enrollment periods. Medicare Privatization (No bill): Proposals to create policies in traditional Medicare that mimic those used by private health insurance plans. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services. The HCBS Access Act (No bill): Proposals to make home and community-based services (HCBS) a mandatory benefit within Medicaid, and to ensure eligible older adults and people with disabilities have the option to choose between home care and institutional care. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act (H.R. 2491 and S. 1227): Proposals would require HHS and SSA to review application processes, procedures, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and Social Security programs in order to reduce administrative barriers facing family caregivers. The bill requires agencies to identify and report to Congress on actions that can be taken to streamline eligibility and assistance for family caregivers within existing programs. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Protecting Americas Seniors Access to Care Act (H.R. 1303): Proposal to prohibit the HHS Secretary from promulgating national staffing standards in nursing homes. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act (H.R. 8100): Proposal to establish mandatory, statutory, minimum nurse staffing standards in nursing homes to ensure at least 4.1 hours of total nursing care per resident per day. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act (S. 3886): Proposal aims to establish federal minimum staffing standards, specifically requiring 3.48 hours per resident per day (HPRD) of total nursing care and 24/7 on-site Registered Nurse (RN) coverage. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (No bill): Proposal to allow time spent working in a nursing home (prior to any formal training, and permitted during the COVID-19 pandemic) to count toward a 75-hour minimum federal training standard that is required for certified nursing assistants. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 7096): Proposal to repeal regulations that prohibit certified nursing assistant training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have a record of health and safety deficiencies and have incurred penalties (e.g., civil monetary penalties for substandard quality of care). Medicare Treatment for Osteoporosis (No bill): Support for making payment revisions to the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule that would accelerate treatment improvements for beneficiaries with osteoporosis and help prevent repeat fractures. Medicare and Medicaid Waste, Fraud and Abuse (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to a CMS Request for Information (RFI) Related to Comprehensive Regulations To Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH), 91 Fed. Reg. 9803 (February 27, 2026) CMS-6098-NC. Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Eligibility (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to request CMS to clarify in regulations that people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers are exempt from the Medicaid working requirements in P.L. 119-21. Health Insurance. Health Insurance Premium Fairness Act (H.R. 6455). Proposal to close loophole that penalizes couples with one spouse in Medicare and one receiving health care through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, by allowing for subtraction of Medicare premiums from the maximum premium paid for a marketplace plan. Health Insurance. (H.R. 1834). Proposals to extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for ACA marketplace health insurance plans. Health Insurance. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (H.R. 6703) Proposals to weakening consumer protections and destabilizing markets by allowing skimpier, less‑regulated plans that can cherry‑pick healthier groups and leave higher‑cost enrollees in the ACA‑regulated small‑group and individual markets with higher premiums. Medicaid and Health Insurance. Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (S. 2556, H.R. 4849): Proposals to restore massive funding cuts to Medicaid that were included in the 2025 budget reconciliation law, and to make permanent ACA enhanced premium tax credits.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":136,"name":"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)"},{"id":24,"name":"Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":135,"name":"Food & Drug Administration (FDA)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"RET","general_issue_code_display":"Retirement","description":"Older Americans Act Reauthorization. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act (S. 2120): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (No bill) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (No bill): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3059): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 and H.R. 1700): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (No bill): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424 and S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271 and S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (No bill): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001 and H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540 and S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988 and H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D): Provisions to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. 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Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act)(S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948, H.R. 7806). 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Discussed the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed the direct care workforce. No bill number. Discussed family caregiver exemption from Medicaid community engagement requirements. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed age-friendly communities. No bill number. Discussed health at home. No bill number. Discussed the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. No bill number. Discussed the Older Americans Act reauthorization. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid HCBS waivers. No bill number. 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The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424 and S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271 and S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (S. 4396 and H.R. 8490): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001 and H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540 and S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Retirement Plan Investment Alternatives: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, RIN 1210-AC38. Submitted comments opposing a proposed regulation defining Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. Proposal would create safe harbors for fiduciaries who select the investment options offered in 401(k) plans. If a fiduciary considers six factors when selecting any investment option, including alternative assets such as private equity, private credit, real estate, or cryptocurrency to a plan menu, the proposal would treat the fiduciary as meeting ERISAs prudence standard with respect to those factors, which would entitle the fiduciary to deference from any reviewing court. Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666 and H.R. 5345): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Social Security Administration. Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R. 8884). Proposals to reauthorize SSA demonstration projects intended to help Americans with disabilities re-enter the workforce, but this legislation does not include guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration from forcing our most vulnerable citizens off the disability roles. In light of this Administrations previous efforts to eviscerate the disability program (SSDI) through the mechanism of demonstration projects, budget proposals and regulatory changes, such guardrails are essential. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988 and H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D) and the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567): Proposals to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Budget: Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program). Blocking Federal Program Payments. Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464): Proposals that uses extremely broad and vague language to allow any administration to stop, delay, or condition payments for programs it opposes, or in states it disfavors, using claims of fraudulent spending as a pretext to take away or hold up funding for critical programs authorized and appropriated by Congress. H.R. 8464 would legitimize the withholding of funds to reward favored individuals and groups while destroying those who do not agree with the actions of this or future administrations.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522 and S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115 and S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115 and H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned. Protecting Seniors from Fraud. (No bill). Urging Congress to examine whether federal law, including Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, appropriately balances protections for online innovation with accountability when platforms knowingly profit from repeated scam activity targeting vulnerable populations, and to initiate a formal investigation exploring the numerous allegations against Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, raised by a recent report labeled SCAMBOOK: How Meta Helps Medicare Scammers Target Seniors, published by the Center for countering Digital Hate (CCDH).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289 and S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act)(S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948 and H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]},{"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/83d82565-271d-400b-92e2-bd1bcaa4568b/","filing_uuid":"83d82565-271d-400b-92e2-bd1bcaa4568b","filing_type":"Q2","filing_type_display":"2nd Quarter - Report","filing_year":2026,"filing_period":"second_quarter","filing_period_display":"2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30)","filing_document_url":"https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/83d82565-271d-400b-92e2-bd1bcaa4568b/print/","filing_document_content_type":"text/html","income":null,"expenses":"210000.00","expenses_method":"A","expenses_method_display":"A","posted_by_name":"Max Richtman","dt_posted":"2026-07-20T13:10:50-04:00","termination_date":null,"registrant_country":"United States of America","registrant_ppb_country":null,"registrant_address_1":"777 N Capitol St, NE","registrant_address_2":"Suite 805","registrant_different_address":false,"registrant_city":"WASHINGTON","registrant_state":"DC","registrant_zip":"20002","registrant":{"id":27467,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/registrants/27467/","house_registrant_id":30367,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","description":null,"address_1":"111 K Street, NE","address_2":"Suite 700","address_3":null,"address_4":null,"city":"WASHINGTON","state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","zip":"20002","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","contact_name":"DAN ADCOCK","contact_telephone":"+1 202-216-0420","dt_updated":"2026-07-29T11:57:27.724812-04:00"},"client":{"id":134297,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/clients/134297/","client_id":12,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","general_description":null,"client_government_entity":false,"client_self_select":true,"state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_state":"DC","ppb_state_display":"District of Columbia","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","effective_date":"2008-02-06"},"lobbying_activities":[{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Budget: Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program). Blocking Federal Program Payments. Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464): Proposals that usesextremely broad and vague language toallow any administration so stop, delay, or condition payments for programs it opposes, or in states it disfavors, using claims of fraudulent spending as a pretext to take away or hold up funding for critical programs authorized and appropriated by Congress. H.R. 8464 would legitimize the withholding of funds to reward favored individuals and groups while destroying those who do not agree with the actions of this or future administrations.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"MMM","general_issue_code_display":"Medicare/Medicaid","description":"Medicare Observation Stays. The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (H.R. 3954): Proposals to count time spent in observation status toward the three-day prior inpatient stay required under Medicare for coverage of a subsequent stay in a skilled nursing facility. Medicare Drug Costs. The Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Security Exchange Act to require pharmaceutical manufacturers to report their costs related to clinical trials and research and development. Medicare Prescription Drugs. Drug Costs. Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169): Law to allow Medicare to negotiate prices with drug makers, cap prices at inflation in Part B and D, cap beneficiary out-of-pocket costs in Part D, eliminate cost-sharing for vaccines, eliminate cost-sharing in the catastrophic phase of Part D, and to raise the income threshold for the Low-Income Subsidy program offering assistance in paying for drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): A regulatory proposal encouraging the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Commerce to exercise march in rights that would aim to better control the pricing of prescription drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): An HHS regulatory proposal to ensure robust negotiation rules and processes that aim to curtail the cost of certain prescription drugs, as authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169). Medicare and Medicaid Prescription Drugs. (No bill): Joined comments with 19 other organizations urging HHS to use its existing authority to license competition in order to lower consumer and taxpayer costs for semaglutide drugs treating diabetes and weight management (e.g., Ozempic and Wegovy). Medicare Savings Program and Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Programs. (No bill): Proposals to make enrollment of dually eligible individuals in the Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) and the LIS program easier, so that low-income beneficiaries can more readily access financial assistance for Medicare copayments, premiums and deductibles, and to be able to access needed medications at prices they can afford. Medicare Reform. The Assuring Medicares Promise Act (H.R. 609): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals, and to the Social Security Trust Funds. Medicare Dental, Hearing and Vision Coverage. Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025 (H.R. 2045): Proposal to add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Hearing Coverage: The Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025 (H.R. 500): Proposals to add hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Advantage (MA). (No bill): Proposals to create transparency around Medicare Advantage plans using prior authorization and supplemental benefits that are not offered under traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage. (No bill): Proposals to apply a higher coding adjustment factor to fully account for intensive upcoding by MA plans and to exclude certain information for MA risk adjustment scores and payments; to use two years of traditional Medicare and MA diagnostic data for calculating MA risk-adjusted payments; and to promulgate more fundamental changes to the Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) risk adjustment model. Medicare Advantage. (H.R. 3467) Proposal to make Medicare Advantage plans the default choice during initial enrollment periods. Medicare Privatization (No bill): Proposals to create policies in traditional Medicare that mimic those used by private health insurance plans. Medicaid. The HCBS Access Act (H.R. 8540): Proposals to expand Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) by elevating them to a mandatory entitlement. H.R. 8540 would reduce waitlists and guarantee seniors and individuals with disabilities a choice between home care and institutional care. Would also establish new grant programs and a technical assistance center to improve the wages, benefits, and training pathways for the direct care workforce. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act (H.R. 2491 and S. 1227): Proposals would require HHS and SSA to review application processes, procedures, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and Social Security programs in order to reduce administrative barriers facing family caregivers. The bill requires agencies to identify and report to Congress on actions that can be taken to streamline eligibility and assistance for family caregivers within existing programs. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Protecting Americas Seniors Access to Care Act (H.R. 1303): Proposal to prohibit the HHS Secretary from promulgating national staffing standards in nursing homes. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act (H.R. 8100): Proposal to establish mandatory, statutory, minimum nurse staffing standards in nursing homes to ensure at least 4.1 hours of total nursing care per resident per day. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act (S. 3886): Proposal aims to establish federal minimum staffing standards, specifically requiring 3.48 hours per resident per day (HPRD) of total nursing care and 24/7 on-site Registered Nurse (RN) coverage. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing homes. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act (H.R. 8100): Proposals to establish a minimum of 4.1 hours of direct nursing home care per resident per day, and a Registered Nurse on duty on-site 24/7. Adds penalties for facilities failing to meet required minimums. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (No bill): Proposal to allow time spent working in a nursing home (prior to any formal training, and permitted during the COVID-19 pandemic) to count toward a 75-hour minimum federal training standard that is required for certified nursing assistants. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 7096): Proposal to repeal regulations that prohibit certified nursing assistant training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have a record of health and safety deficiencies and have incurred penalties (e.g., civil monetary penalties for substandard quality of care). Medicare Treatment for Osteoporosis (No bill): Support for making payment revisions to the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule that would accelerate treatment improvements for beneficiaries with osteoporosis and help prevent repeat fractures. Medicare and Medicaid Waste, Fraud and Abuse (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to a CMS Request for Information (RFI) Related to Comprehensive Regulations To Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH), 91 Fed. Reg. 9803 (February 27, 2026) CMS-6098-NC. Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Eligibility (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to request CMS to clarify in regulations that people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers are exempt from the Medicaid working requirements in P.L. 119-21. Health Insurance. Health Insurance Premium Fairness Act (H.R. 6455). Proposal to close loophole that penalizes couples with one spouse in Medicare and one receiving health care through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, by allowing for subtraction of Medicare premiums from the maximum premium paid for a marketplace plan. Health Insurance. (H.R. 1834). Proposals to extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for ACA marketplace health insurance plans. Health Insurance. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (H.R. 6703) Proposals to weakening consumer protections and destabilizing markets by allowing skimpier, less‑regulated plans that can cherry‑pick healthier groups and leave higher‑cost enrollees in the ACA‑regulated small‑group and individual markets with higher premiums. Medicaid and Health Insurance. Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (S. 2556, H.R. 4849): Proposals to restore massive funding cuts to Medicaid that were included in the 2025 budget reconciliation law, and to make permanent ACA enhanced premium tax credits. Medicare. The Medicare Cost Cap Act (S. 4886): Proposals to add a $5,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket costs for traditional Medicare (Part A and Part B) beneficiaries. Would require Medicare to pay 100 percent of covered health care costs once the $5,000 cap is reached.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":136,"name":"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)"},{"id":24,"name":"Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":135,"name":"Food & Drug Administration (FDA)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"RET","general_issue_code_display":"Retirement","description":"Older Americans Act Reauthorization. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act (S. 2120): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (No bill) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (No bill): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3059): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 and H.R. 1700): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (H.R. 9296): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462 and H.R. 9415): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424 and S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271 and S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (S. 4396 and H.R. 8490): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001 and H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540 and S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Retirement Plan Investment Alternatives: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, RIN 1210-AC38. Submitted comments opposing a proposed regulation defining Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. Proposal would create safe harbors for fiduciaries who select the investment options offered in 401(k) plans. If a fiduciary considers six factors when selecting any investment option, including alternative assets such as private equity, private credit, real estate, or cryptocurrency to a plan menu, the proposal would treat the fiduciary as meeting ERISAs prudence standard with respect to those factors, which would entitle the fiduciary to deference from any reviewing court. Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666 and H.R. 5345): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Social Security Administration. Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R. 8884). Proposals to reauthorize SSA demonstration projects intended to help Americans with disabilities re-enter the workforce, but this legislationdoes not include guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration from forcing our most vulnerable citizens off the disability roles. In light of this Administrations previous efforts to eviscerate the disability program (SSDI) through the mechanism of demonstration projects, budget proposals and regulatory changes, such guardrails are essential. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988 and H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D) and the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567): Proposals to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true},{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289 and S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act)(S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948 and H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522 and S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115 and S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115 and H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned. Protecting Seniors from Fraud. (No bill). 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S.931: Complete Care Act: Integrating Behavioral health care into primary care H.R. 1906:Rural Wellness Act: Grants for telemedicine to provide Access to care in rural communities S. 779/H.R. 1735: EARLY Minds Act allows States to use some Mental Health Block Grant funds towards prevention and early intervention activities. H.R. 1902: HERO Act allows for the collection of data on first responder suicides to better identify and treat PTSD and combat suicide. S. 665: Fatal Overdose Reduction Act of 2025 creates hubs to treat substance use disorders. H.R. 1305: Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025 creates a working group to better understand and define loneliness and isolation. S. 600: Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act enhances pre and post adoption services. S. 454: Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act creates grants for state to address gambling addiction. S. 266/H.R. 929: Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act continues education and awareness for mental health services. H.R. 2483: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 extends and expands grants for serious mental illness and substance use disorder. Support for the inclusion of those with lived experience on the Make America Health Again (MAHA) Commission Support for staffing levels as of 1.1.25 at HHS and SAMHSA Support for Maternal Mental Health programs and funding Support for ending Medicare's 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric care -- H.R. 1141: Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act authorizes grants to states and research funding to address gambling addiction. H.R. 2044: Suicide Prevention Assistance Act establishes grants for primary care offices to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services. H.R. 2223: Building Capacity for Care Act provides financial support for developing mental health and substance use disorder treatment facilities. H.R. 2305: Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act of 2025 establishes a grant program to fund mental health screenings and referrals for corrections officer. H.R. 2587/S.1266: Youth Mental Health Research Act establishes a collaborative research initiative within the NIH to improve youth mental health. H.R. 2630: Youth Suicide Prevention Research Act expands research focus areas on childhood suicide to include adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress. H.R. 2904: Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act authorizes federal grants for culturally competent research, outreach, provider training, and priority support for programs. H.R. 2936: Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department Act allows grants for tracking hospital bed capacity and introduces pilot programs for emergency care improvements. H.R. 2957: STRONG Support for Children Act of 2025 establishes programs aimed at preventing and mitigating childhood trauma through data analysis and strategy implementation. H.R. 3103: Health Share Transparency Act of 2025 requires health care sharing ministries to disclose financial and operational information to federal agencies and enrollees. H.R. 3130: FACTS Act establishes education and public health partnerships to prevent synthetic opioid misuse among youth. H.R. 3262: NURSE Act creates grants to increase school nurses in under-resourced schools. H.R. 3266: Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025 provides loans to expand and improve pediatric and adult mental health and substance use disorder treatment facilities. H.R. 3420: Words Matter Act of 2025 replacing outdated and stigmatizing terms related to intellectual disabilities with more respectful language. H.R. 3505: Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025 creates a grant program to install nets and barriers on infrastructures like bridges and railroads. H.R. 3520: STAND Against Emerging Opioids Act schedules tianeptine and its analogues as Schedule III controlled substances. H.R. 3601: National ACERT Grant Program Authorization Act establishes a new grant program focused on addressing adverse childhood experiences related to trauma exposure. H.R. 3689: TREAT Youth Act reauthorizes and increases funding for youth substance use prevention and recovery initiatives under the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. H.R. 3743: Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2025 modernizes language for substance use disorder and expands nutrition education and outreach. S. 1056: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025 establishes a grant program to improve mental health and substance use services for rural populations through telemental health care. S. 1062: Suicide Prevention Act establishes programs to enhance surveillance of self-harm and provide suicide prevention services in hospital emergency departments. S. 1074: Agricultural Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Mental Health Care Act of 2025 requires a study on the accessibility of mental health and substance use disorder services for farmers and ranchers. S. 1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 seeks to expand telehealth access by removing geographic restrictions. S. 1329/H.R. 2741: PEER Support Act supports and professionalizes peer support specialists and establishes an Office of Recovery. S. 139: FASD Respect Act reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Prevention and Services program. S. 1448: Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act seeks to improve mental health services and reduce disparities for racial and ethnic minority youth through increased funding, research, and education initiatives. S. 1663/H.R. 3243: Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025 prohibits commercial conversion therapy. S. 1673/H.R. 3260: Mental Health Improvement Act extends the authorization period for mental and behavioral health education and training grants. S. 1689/ H.R. 3316: Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act of 2025 mandates the development of a national outreach and education strategy tailored to the cultural and linguistic needs of AANHPI populations. S. 1878: ATTAIN Mental Health Act creates an online dashboard to centralize public access to information about federal and state grants for mental health and substance use disorder programs. S. 473: SENIOR Act address loneliness among older adults by requiring screenings, coordinating services, and preparing a report on loneliness. S. 931/H.R. 2509: COMPLETE Care Act incentivizes behavioral health integration with primary care through increased payments and technical assistance. S.Res. 208: A resolution supporting the designation of May 10, 2025, as \"National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day.\" S.Res. 249/H.Res. 441: A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as \"Mental Health Awareness Month.\" H.R. 3305. Barriers to Suicide Act: Creates a grant program to provide suicide barriers on bridges and other structures H.Res 542/S. 332: Expressing support for the designation of the month of June 2025 as National Post-traumatic stress Awareness Month and June 27, 2025 as National Post-traumatic Stress Awareness Day H.Res 671: Prioritizing Mental Health to the Same Degree as Physical Health to address the epidemics of suicide and drug overdose in the United States H.Res 697/ S. Res 385: Recognizing Suicide as a serious public health problem and supporting September as National Suicide Prevention Month and September 10 as World Suicide Prevention Day H.Res 764: Recognizing the continuing disparities in Black youth mental health and access to care H.R. 4400/S. 2282: Farmers First Act: reauthorizes and expands funding of the Farm Ranch Suicide Prevention Act. HR 4723/ S.2446: Mental Health For Latinos Act: Directs the development of a culturally tailored mental health outreach and education strategy for Hispanic and Latino Populations. S. 2556: Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act: repeals recent health law changes, permanently expands ACA Tax Credits beyond 400% FPL, and sets a new sliding scale for premium contributions H.Res 684: A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 9, 2025, as National Firearms Suicide Prevention Day HR 5509/S 2903: The Safe Step Act: Creates a clear process to appeal step therapy process S.2826/H.R. 5434:The 988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025: Mandates that at least 9% of suicide prevention hotline funding be reserved for specialized services supporting LGBTQ + youth H.R. 1492: To Amend title XI of the Social Security Act to equalize the negotiation period between small molecule and biologic candidates under the Drug Price Negotiation Program H.R. 2085: The Mental Health Research Accelerator Act: establishes programs to speed up mental health research and innovations H.R. 3419: To Amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource center grant program H.R. 4805: WINGS ACT: Requires a report on the long-term brain and mental health effects of military aviation. H.R. 5306: Gun Suicide Prevention Act of 2025: requires all firearms sold in the United States to display the suicide prevention lifeline label H.R. 5733: Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act: establishes a grant program to train and certify community mental wellness workers H.R. 5859: Behavioral Health Crisis Care Centers Act: establishes a grant program to fund comprehensive, one stop crisis facilities H.R. 5861: Legacy Act of 2025 mandates a study on creating a secure, national system for storing and retrieving last wish documents. H.R. 6226 Latino Youth Mental Health Empowerment Act: Establish a Mental Health awareness campaign focused on Latino youth. H.R. 6817 To establish a home-based telemental health care grant program to increase mental health and substance use services for individuals in fishing, farming and forestry occupations H.Res. 792 Declaring a need for increased investment in youth mental Health and recognizing youth mental health day and youth suicide prevention day. S.2005 IDeA Reauthorization Act: Strengthens the NIH's Institutional Development Award Program S.2131/H.R. 5828 Dad's Matter Act: Requires a federal public awareness campaign and state guidance to promote fatherhood. S.2336: Halting the Epidemic of Addiction and Loss Act: Update grant program regulation and guidance to include all FDA opioid reversal agents, not just Naloxone S. 2825/H.R.5417 Health Access Innovation Act 2025: grant program to support faith and community-based organizations in addressing health inequities and chronic disease. S.3199 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act: creates an advisory committee to study and recommend a solution for transmitting geolocation information with 988 calls. S. 3076 Nitazene Control Act: permanently classifies all nitazene opioids as schedule 1 Support for improving integrated care for those with Tardive Dyskinesia H.R. 6249: Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act expands federal disaster relief to include SUD and AUD services alongside mental health support. H.R. 6283: FOSTER Act expand opioid response grants and defines and supports kinship caregivers. H.R. 6396: Kid PROOF Act of 2025 expands grant eligibility and funding to support suicide and overdose prevention among youth. H.R. 6630: Expanding Mental Health Access for Cyber Command Personnel Act requires security-cleared behavioral health professionals to be assigned to Cyber Command locations. H.R. 6679: Tech Wellness for Young Men Act requires a study on the mental, social, and developmental impacts of screen addiction among young men. H.R. 6680: Tech Wellness for Men Act study on the economic, mental health, and social impacts of screen addiction among adult men. H.R. 6940: Hope Heals Act of 2026 requires an assessment amount Executive departments to enhance mental health. H.R. 7030: Securing Facilities for Mental Health Services Act expands access to federal mortgage insurance for all licensed hospitals, including mental health facilities. H.R. 7602: State of Men's Health Act requires a study on men's health disparities and establishes an Office of Men's Health. H.R. 8124: STOP Suicide Act creates a grant program to support evidence-based stabilization services for individuals with serious suicidal thoughts. H.R. 8149: Agricultural Access to Addiction and Mental Health Care Act mandates a study on improving access to addiction and mental health care for farmers and ranchers. H.R. 8160: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Awareness and Research Act of 2026 expand research, raise awareness, improve provider education, and increase access to care for PMDD. H.R.8122: 9-8-8 Connect Act allocates $30 million for crisis center follow-up services. S. 3230: Family Caregiver Peer Support Act creates grants to expand in-person and virtual peer support programs for family caregivers. S. 3271: In-Home CARE Act authorizes grants to support family caregivers through home visiting programs. S. 3402: Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act expands and standardizes community behavioral health clinic services S. 3431: Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025 establishes a working group to standardize how loneliness and isolation are defined and measured. S. 3461: RISE from Trauma Act authorizes expands and builds trauma-informed systems for youth and families affected by trauma, violence, and substance use. S. 3714: Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2026 extends and specifies funding for family-to-family health information centers. S. 3840/H.R. 7496: Health Investment Zones Act of 2026 creates Health Investment Zones for incentives, grants, and support to reduce health disparities. S. 921: Tyler's Law requires a federal study and subsequent guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should routinely test for fentanyl in overdose cases. H.R. 7875: Providing Opportunities for Individuals in Need of Treatment and Support (POINTS) Act of 2026 expands prevention, treatment, and recovery services for individuals experiencing gambling addiction. S. 4001/H.R. 7828: Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2026 modernizes SSI eligibility and benefit rules. ___ H.R. 7911: Dream's Caregiver Health and Wellness Act grant program for nonprofits to promote caregiver wellness through support services, mental health resources, and community-building initiatives H.R. 8201: Expanding Community Access to Health Services Act mandates that community health centers provide behavioral, mental health, and substance use disorder services as part of primary care H.R. 8209: To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the school-based health centers grant program. H.R. 8504: Rural Health Resilience Act of 2026 creates a federal loan and loan guarantee program to help financially distressed rural health centers maintain essential services and avoid closure H.R. 8743: SMART Kids Act requires the Surgeon General to develop and publish age-specific, evidence-based screen time recommendations for children H.R. 8961: Student Suicide Prevention Awareness Act of 2026 requires a coordinated public awareness campaign and updated, visible signage in schools about 988 H.R.8916: CHIERS Act of 2026 grants to fund free transportation services for vulnerable individuals to access substance use disorder treatment and supportive services H.Res.1290: Recognizing the significant and often overlooked behavioral health needs experienced by individuals and families affected by rare diseases, and for other purposes. H.Res.1327: Supporting the designation of May 2026 as \"Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month\" H.Res.1329: Expressing support for the designation of May 2026 as \"Mental Health Awareness Month\" S. 4149: Social Determinants for Moms Act creates a task force and grant program to coordinate and fund efforts addressing clinical and nonclinical factors contributing to maternal mortality and health disparities S. 4210/H.R. 8070: Child Suicide Prevention Act grant programs and educational initiatives to reduce suicide among individuals under 26 S. 4552: Moms Matter Act grant programs to expand maternal mental health and substance use disorder services S. 4640/H.R. 8122: 988 Connect Act expands funding and regulatory requirements to enhance follow-up care and accessibility for individuals using 988 S.Res. 710/H.Res. 1256: A resolution recognizing Maternal Mental Health Day to raise awareness about maternal mental health. S.Res. 727: A resolution supporting the designation of May 29, 2026, as \"Mental Health Awareness in Agriculture Day\" to raise awareness around mental health in the agricultural industry and workforce and to continue to reduce stigma associated with mental illness. 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Support for expanding reentry services for those leaving or about to leave incarceration, including the use of 1115 waivers -- H.R. 2502: Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2025 funds behavioral health crisis response training for law enforcement and corrections officers. H.R. 2586: Reentry Act of 2025 allows Medicaid coverage for inmates 30 days before their release. H.R. 2879: Prison Staffing Reform Act of 2025 requires a comprehensive review and strategic plan to address understaffing in the Bureau of Prisons. H.R. 3312: SERVICE Act of 2025 establishes a pilot program to create veterans response teams within law enforcement agencies. H.R. 3372: Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act of 2025 establishes a scenario-based training curriculum for law enforcement. H.R. 3621: Public Safety and Mental Health Reporting Act mandates annual federal data collection and public reporting on law enforcement interactions with people with mental illness. H.R. 3658: 911 Community Crisis Responders Act of 2025 establishes a federal grant program to support unarmed, community-based crisis response teams for nonviolent 911 calls. S. 1843: Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025 reauthorizes and expands funding for reentry, substance abuse treatment, education, and support programs for formerly incarcerated individuals. S. 1897: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Response Team grant program, and for other purposes. S. 768: Invest to Protect Act of 2025 establishes a grant program to support local law enforcement agencies with training, mental health resources, and recruitment. S. 825: Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025 creates a program for providing PTSD treatment to public safety officers. S. 2248: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act reauthorize key delinquency prevention programs and bolster federal protections for incarcerated minors. H.R. 4024: Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act provides a boost to the federal grant program that provides funding to departments for recruitment and hiring. S.2532 Safe Response Act expands and updates first responder training programs H.R. 5725: Mental Health Crisis Response Act establishes a grant program to help implement health centered alternation to law enforcement for mental health emergencies H.R. 6002 Supporting Blue Envelope Program Act: Establish a grant program to support Blue Envelope programs for Autism Awareness S.2532 Safe Response Act expands and updates first responder training programs to address a wider range of drug related emergencies and increases funding. H.R. 6548: DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act creates a mental health and suicide prevention program for DHS law enforcement personnel. H.R. 7309: Reentry Resource Guide Act of 2026 creates a pilot program to help states develop digital guides connecting formerly incarcerated individuals with essential reentry resources. H.R. 7447: Community Risk Training and Response Act of 2026 establishes a grants for risk protection orders and crisis intervention programs. ___ H.R. 2668: DART Act of 2025 und and support diversion and rehabilitation programs through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program H.R. 2711: Invest to Protect Act of 2025 a grant program to support small local law enforcement agencies with training, mental health resources, and recruitment H.R. 8493: Peer Support for Our First Responders Act of 2026 working group to review and recommend best practices for peer-to-peer behavioral health programs for law enforcement officers and first responders H.R. 8690: Pregnant Women in Custody Act sets national standards to protect the health, rights, and dignity of pregnant and postpartum women in custody H.R. 8776: Officer Wellness and Peer Support Act of 2026 mandates a report on strategies to reduce mental health stigma and improve access to confidential mental health resources for law enforcement officers H.R.8976: Women in Criminal Justice Reform Act proposes sweeping, gender-responsive reforms across the criminal justice system S. 4514: Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act of 2026 program to provide mental health screenings, referrals, and support for corrections officers S.4819: Lifeline for First Responders Act grant program to support the mental health and wellness of first responders","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":141549,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"MATTHEW","last_name":"LINSKEY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Legislative Correspondent for Debbie Wassermann Schultz 4/2005-10/2005","new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":139015,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"HANNAH","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WESOLOWSKI","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":149684,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JOANNA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ROSEN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":157,"name":"Bureau of Justice Assistance"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"EDU","general_issue_code_display":"Education","description":"H.R. 1448: PEER Mental Health Act of 2025 authorizes grants for peer mental health first aid training in schools, with a focus on rural areas. 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H.R. 3939: Respond, Innovate, Support, and Empower (RISE) Act allows college students to use previous documentation as proof of disability when seeking accommodations in their courses. H.R. 4120: Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act establishes funding, programs, and reporting requirements to improve mental health and resiliency among education professionals and school staff. H.R. 5557: Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2025: enhances and extends school-based mental health services for students. H.R. 4186: Connecting Students with Mental Health Services Act: Establishes a grant program to expand telehealth services for school children H.R. 5357: College Students Continuation of Mental Health Care Act: Allows College Mental Health providers to offer services across state lines H.R. 5482: Prevent Youth Suicide Act: Evidence-based suicide prevention programs for students H.R. 5553: CTE Student Mental Health and Wellness Act: expands eligibility for federal mental health and substance use disorder grants H.R. 6133: Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act: Establishes a grant and loan repayment program for school-based mental health providers H.R. 6672: Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Act: Creates a federal loan repayment program for certain mental health professionals S942/H.R. 2028: Redi Act: Interest free deferment on student loans for borrowers in medical or dental internships or residency programs H.R. 7019: Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2026 expands campus alcohol and substance misuse prevention programs. H.R. 7497: Supporting Trauma-Informed Education Practices Act of 2026 expand evidence-based trauma support and mental health services for children and youth in schools. H.R. 7787: Mental Health Workforce Act creates a loan deferment and forgiveness program for mental health professionals. S. 3448/H.R. 6617: Keeping All Students Safe Act prohibits seclusion and restricts the use of restraint in federally funded educational settings. S. 4061/H.R. 7092: RAYS Act requires K-12 schools to provide mental health and suicide prevention contact information on student IDs. 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S. 2011/H.R. 3884: Telemental Health Care Access Act removes the statutory requirement that Medicare beneficiaries be seen in-person within six months of being treated for mental and behavioral health services through telehealth. S. 2024/H.R. 3907: Expand Navigators Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act strengthens and expands the navigator program by increasing funding, broadening duties, and ensuring nonprofit participation. H.R. 2495: Nutrition CARE Act of 2025 provides Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy for individuals with eating disorders. H.R. 2263: Telehealth Coverage Act of 2025: permanently expands telehealth services under Medicare H.R. 3384 Telemental Health Care Access Act: Expands Medicaid to include both mental and behavioral health services provided by telehealth. H.R. 4037/S.2847: Occupational Therapy Mental Health parity Act: Clarifies that Medicare covers occupational therapy for mental health and substance use disorders HR 4619 Medicare Mental Health Impatient Equity Act of 2025: Removes the 190-day lifetime limit on Medicare coverage on inpatient Psychiatric hospital services. HR 5462: Michelle Alyssa Go Act: Would expand Medicaid coverage for mental health and substance use disorder treatment by increasing the facility size limit from 16 to 36 beds. S. 2401/H.R. 4745: Medicaid Bump Act: Increase federal Medicaid funds for certain mental health services S. 1797 Expanding Seniors Access to Mental Health Services Act: expands Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for clinical social workers to provide mental health services S.2050 ASSIST Act: Increases federal Medicaid funding for school-based behavioral health services S.2069/HR 4028: Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act: mandates 12-month continuous enrollment for all individuals in Medicaid and CHIP S.2037/H.R.4313 Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act: Extends Medicare's acute hospital care at home waiver flexibilities S.2709/ H.R.5081: Telehealth Modernization Act: Extends and expands Medicare telehealth flexibilities S.3300/H.R.6408: ANCHOR Act of 2025 allows states to expand Medicaid coverage to low income, uninsured individuals with serious mental illness or substance use disorders S.3486 Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act: Requires federal guidance to help states strengthen the behavioral health workforce in Medicaid and CHIP S. 3522 No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act: Requires State Medicaid programs to cover at least one formulation of each medication for opioid use disorder without prior Authorization H.R. 6096 NEST Act funds and distributes essential newborn supply kits to mothers. S.1816/ H.R. 3514: Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act: Streamlining prior authorization to increase timely access to care. Support for the extension of the enhanced advance premium tax credits (eAPTC) Support for an extension or permanent authorization of telehealth/telemental health flexibilities Support for continued access to Medicaid Ensuring that new community engagement requirements do not lead to individuals being unfairly removed from Medicaid. H.R. 7535: Second Chance Mental Health Access Act of 2026 requires Medicaid to cover 12 annual mental health telehealth visits for individuals transitioning from incarceration to home confinement. H.R. 5662: Improving Access to Institutional Mental Health Care Act removes the Medicaid exclusion for coverage of services provided to patients in mental health institutions. H.R. 6296: Advancing Access to Telehealth Act makes several telehealth flexibilities permanent under Medicare. H.R. 6727: Repealing the IMD Exclusion Act removes the Medicaid exclusion for mental health and substance use disorder treatment in institutions for mental diseases. H.R. 7324: More Behavioral Health Providers Act of 2026 expands Medicare bonus payments to a wider range of behavioral health practitioners. S. 2709: Telehealth Modernization Act extends and expands Medicare telehealth flexibilities. S. 3521/H.R. 6841: PEERS Act of 2025 expands Medicare to cover peer support services for mental health and substance use recovery. S. 3690: Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act of 2026 removes the age limit for working adults with disabilities to qualify for Medicaid buy-in programs. S. 3750: REAL Health Providers Act requires Medicare Advantage plans to maintain accurate provider directories. S. 4076: Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026 removes the 190-day lifetime limit on Medicare coverage for inpatient psychiatric hospital services. 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S.1912: Protecting Veterans Community Care Act: Expands and Safeguards veterans' access to community-based mental health and substance use services S2853/H.R. 5420 VA Extenders Act: Extends key Department of Veterans Affairs health care, benefits, and housing programs S.3042/H.R.3627 Justice for America's Veterans and Survivors Act: Mandates data on the cause of death among Veterans, including detailed data on service-connected disabilities and suicides S.3139 H.R. 6454: VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act: Establishes a 5-year pilot program at select VA medical centers to implement the Zero Suicide Institutes' suicide prevention curriculum. H.R. 6000: Veterans Sentinel Act mandates improved data collection, analysis, and reporting on suicides and attempted suicides by veterans. H.R. 6383: Brandon Act Training and Protocol Act requires a strategic plan, protocols and training to improve mental health support and suicide prevention for Armed Forces members. H.R. 6858: Veteran Suicide Prevention Act mandates review of veteran suicides in VA care. H.R. 7049: Improving Mental Health Care and Coordination for Homeless Veterans Act requires the VA to assess and coordinate care for veterans identified as needing homeless services. H.R. 7735: Improving Mental Health Support for Servicemembers and Veterans Act requires an assessment of mental health support programs for servicemembers and veterans. S. 3245: MIND Our Veterans Act of 2025 requires validated mental health and substance use screenings for departing members. S. 3758: End Veterans Overdose Act of 2026 requires the VA to provide free opioid overdose rescue medications. S. 607: Improving Veteran Access to Care Act requires the VA to modernize and improve health care appointment scheduling for veterans. ___ H.R. 2102: Major Richard Star Act allows for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for combat-related disability retirees H.R. 241: Sergeant Ted Grubbs Mental Healthcare for Disabled Veterans Act mandates that veterans with a service-connected mental disorder rated at 50 percent or more receive care from the VA within five days of requesting it H.R. 6024: BRAVE Act of 2025 workforce enhancements, infrastructure upgrades, targeted outreach, and specialized support for women and disabled veterans H.R. 8115: Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2026 funds the VA's precision medicine initiative to include research and data-sharing on brain injuries and mental health conditions H.R. 8486: Data Driven Suicide Prevention and Outreach Act of 2026 a grant program for developing AI-driven predictive models to identify suicide risk factors among veterans","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":139015,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"HANNAH","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WESOLOWSKI","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":141549,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"MATTHEW","last_name":"LINSKEY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Legislative Correspondent for Debbie Wasserman Schultz 4/2005-10/2005","new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":149684,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JOANNA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ROSEN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":42,"name":"Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOU","general_issue_code_display":"Housing","description":"H.R. 577: Treatment and Homelessness Housing Integration Act of 2024 allows referrals to community-based treatment. -- S. 1477/H.R. 2945: Housing for All Act of 2025 seeks to combat homelessness and the housing crisis by significantly increasing federal investments in affordable and supportive housing. 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The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (No bill) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (No bill): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3059/H.R. 5841): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 9519/S. 5042): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 and H.R. 1700): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (H.R. 9296): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462 and H.R. 9415): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255/H.R. 9763): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424/S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271/S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (S. 4396/H.R. 8490): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. Stop Social Security Garnishment Act of 2026 (S. 5456/H.R. 3967), Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act (S. 5532/H.R. 10557): Proposals to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001/H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540/S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Retirement Plan Investment Alternatives: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, RIN 1210-AC38. Submitted comments opposing a proposed regulation defining Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. Proposal would create safe harbors for fiduciaries who select the investment options offered in 401(k) plans. If a fiduciary considers six factors when selecting any investment option, including alternative assets such as private equity, private credit, real estate, or cryptocurrency to a plan menu, the proposal would treat the fiduciary as meeting ERISAs prudence standard with respect to those factors, which would entitle the fiduciary to deference from any reviewing court. Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666/H.R. 5345): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Social Security Administration. Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R. 8884/S. 4947). Proposals to reauthorize SSA demonstration projects intended to help Americans with disabilities re-enter the workforce, but this legislation does not include guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration from forcing our most vulnerable citizens off the disability roles. In light of this Administrations previous efforts to eviscerate the disability program (SSDI) through the mechanism of demonstration projects, budget proposals and regulatory changes, such guardrails are essential. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988/H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D) and the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567): Proposals to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Budget: Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program). Blocking Federal Program Payments. Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464): Proposals that uses extremely broad and vague language to allow any administration so stop, delay, or condition payments for programs it opposes, or in states it disfavors, using claims of fraudulent spending as a pretext to take away or hold up funding for critical programs authorized and appropriated by Congress. H.R. 8464 would legitimize the withholding of funds to reward favored individuals and groups while destroying those who do not agree with the actions of this or future administrations.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522/S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115/S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115/H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned. Protecting Seniors from Fraud. (No bill). Urging Congress to examine whether federal law, including Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, appropriately balances protections for online innovation with accountability when platforms knowingly profit from repeated scam activity targeting vulnerable populations, and to initiate a formal investigation exploring the numerous allegations against Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, raised by a recent report labeled SCAMBOOK: How Meta Helps Medicare Scammers Target Seniors, published by the Center for countering Digital Hate (CCDH).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289/S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222), the Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act of 2026 (H.R. 9187), The PROMISE Act of 2026 (S. 4979): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act) (S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948/H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]},{"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/517419dd-87ea-4cc6-837b-4111d453bdb0/","filing_uuid":"517419dd-87ea-4cc6-837b-4111d453bdb0","filing_type":"Q3","filing_type_display":"3rd Quarter - Report","filing_year":2026,"filing_period":"third_quarter","filing_period_display":"3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)","filing_document_url":"https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/517419dd-87ea-4cc6-837b-4111d453bdb0/print/","filing_document_content_type":"text/html","income":null,"expenses":"190000.00","expenses_method":"A","expenses_method_display":"A","posted_by_name":"Max Richtman","dt_posted":"2026-10-19T16:17:38-04:00","termination_date":null,"registrant_country":"United States of America","registrant_ppb_country":null,"registrant_address_1":"777 N Capitol St, NE","registrant_address_2":"Suite 805","registrant_different_address":false,"registrant_city":"WASHINGTON","registrant_state":"DC","registrant_zip":"20002","registrant":{"id":27467,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/registrants/27467/","house_registrant_id":30367,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","description":null,"address_1":"111 K Street, NE","address_2":"Suite 700","address_3":null,"address_4":null,"city":"WASHINGTON","state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","zip":"20002","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","contact_name":"DAN ADCOCK","contact_telephone":"+1 202-216-0420","dt_updated":"2026-07-29T11:57:27.724812-04:00"},"client":{"id":134297,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/clients/134297/","client_id":12,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","general_description":null,"client_government_entity":false,"client_self_select":true,"state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_state":"DC","ppb_state_display":"District of Columbia","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","effective_date":"2008-02-06"},"lobbying_activities":[{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Budget: Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program). Blocking Federal Program Payments. Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464): Proposals that uses extremely broad and vague language to allow any administration so stop, delay, or condition payments for programs it opposes, or in states it disfavors, using claims of fraudulent spending as a pretext to take away or hold up funding for critical programs authorized and appropriated by Congress. H.R. 8464 would legitimize the withholding of funds to reward favored individuals and groups while destroying those who do not agree with the actions of this or future administrations.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"MMM","general_issue_code_display":"Medicare/Medicaid","description":"Medicare Observation Stays. The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (H.R. 3954/S. 4641): Proposals to count time spent in observation status toward the three-day prior inpatient stay required under Medicare for coverage of a subsequent stay in a skilled nursing facility. Medicare Drug Costs. The Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Security Exchange Act to require pharmaceutical manufacturers to report their costs related to clinical trials and research and development. Medicare Prescription Drugs. Drug Costs. Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169): Law to allow Medicare to negotiate prices with drug makers, cap prices at inflation in Part B and D, cap beneficiary out-of-pocket costs in Part D, eliminate cost-sharing for vaccines, eliminate cost-sharing in the catastrophic phase of Part D, and to raise the income threshold for the Low-Income Subsidy program offering assistance in paying for drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): A regulatory proposal encouraging the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Commerce to exercise march in rights that would aim to better control the pricing of prescription drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): An HHS regulatory proposal to ensure robust negotiation rules and processes that aim to curtail the cost of certain prescription drugs, as authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169). Medicare and Medicaid Prescription Drugs. (No bill): Joined comments with 19 other organizations urging HHS to use its existing authority to license competition in order to lower consumer and taxpayer costs for semaglutide drugs treating diabetes and weight management (e.g., Ozempic and Wegovy). Medicare Savings Program and Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Programs. (No bill): Proposals to make enrollment of dually eligible individuals in the Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) and the LIS program easier, so that low-income beneficiaries can more readily access financial assistance for Medicare copayments, premiums and deductibles, and to be able to access needed medications at prices they can afford. Medicare Reform. The Assuring Medicares Promise Act (H.R. 609): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals, and to the Social Security Trust Funds. Medicare Dental, Hearing and Vision Coverage. Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025 (H.R. 2045): Proposal to add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Hearing Coverage: The Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025 (H.R. 500): Proposals to add hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Advantage (MA). (No bill): Proposals to create transparency around Medicare Advantage plans using prior authorization and supplemental benefits that are not offered under traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage. (No bill): Proposals to apply a higher coding adjustment factor to fully account for intensive upcoding by MA plans and to exclude certain information for MA risk adjustment scores and payments; to use two years of traditional Medicare and MA diagnostic data for calculating MA risk-adjusted payments; and to promulgate more fundamental changes to the Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) risk adjustment model. Medicare Advantage. (H.R. 3467) Proposal to make Medicare Advantage plans the default choice during initial enrollment periods. Medicare Privatization (No bill): Proposals to create policies in traditional Medicare that mimic those used by private health insurance plans. Medicaid. The HCBS Access Act (H.R. 8540/S. 5321): Proposals to expand Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) by elevating them to a mandatory entitlement. H.R. 8540 would reduce waitlists and guarantee seniors and individuals with disabilities a choice between home care and institutional care. Would also establish new grant programs and a technical assistance center to improve the wages, benefits, and training pathways for the direct care workforce. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act (H.R. 2491 and S. 1227): Proposals would require HHS and SSA to review application processes, procedures, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and Social Security programs in order to reduce administrative barriers facing family caregivers. The bill requires agencies to identify and report to Congress on actions that can be taken to streamline eligibility and assistance for family caregivers within existing programs. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Protecting Americas Seniors Access to Care Act (H.R. 1303): Proposal to prohibit the HHS Secretary from promulgating national staffing standards in nursing homes. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act (S. 3886): Proposal aims to establish federal minimum staffing standards, specifically requiring 3.48 hours per resident per day (HPRD) of total nursing care and 24/7 on-site Registered Nurse (RN) coverage. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing homes. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act (H.R. 8100): Proposals to establish a minimum of 4.1 hours of direct nursing home care per resident per day, and a Registered Nurse on duty on-site 24/7. Adds penalties for facilities failing to meet required minimums. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (No bill): Proposal to allow time spent working in a nursing home (prior to any formal training, and permitted during the COVID-19 pandemic) to count toward a 75-hour minimum federal training standard that is required for certified nursing assistants. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 7096): Proposal to repeal regulations that prohibit certified nursing assistant training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have a record of health and safety deficiencies and have incurred penalties (e.g., civil monetary penalties for substandard quality of care). Medicare Treatment for Osteoporosis (No bill): Support for making payment revisions to the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule that would accelerate treatment improvements for beneficiaries with osteoporosis and help prevent repeat fractures. Medicare and Medicaid Waste, Fraud and Abuse (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to a CMS Request for Information (RFI) Related to Comprehensive Regulations To Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH), 91 Fed. Reg. 9803 (February 27, 2026) CMS-6098-NC. Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Eligibility (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to request CMS to clarify in regulations that people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers are exempt from the Medicaid working requirements in P.L. 119-21. Health Insurance. Health Insurance Premium Fairness Act (H.R. 6455). Proposal to close loophole that penalizes couples with one spouse in Medicare and one receiving health care through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, by allowing for subtraction of Medicare premiums from the maximum premium paid for a marketplace plan. Health Insurance. (H.R. 1834). Proposals to extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for ACA marketplace health insurance plans. Health Insurance. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (H.R. 6703) Proposals to weakening consumer protections and destabilizing markets by allowing skimpier, less‑regulated plans that can cherry‑pick healthier groups and leave higher‑cost enrollees in the ACA‑regulated small‑group and individual markets with higher premiums. Medicaid and Health Insurance. Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (S. 2556, H.R. 4849): Proposals to restore massive funding cuts to Medicaid that were included in the 2025 budget reconciliation law, and to make permanent ACA enhanced premium tax credits. Medicare. The Medicare Cost Cap Act (S. 4886): Proposals to add a $5,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket costs for traditional Medicare (Part A and Part B) beneficiaries. Would require Medicare to pay 100 percent of covered health care costs once the $5,000 cap is reached. Prescription Drugs. The Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act (H.R. 10094): Proposals that would lower prices or shorten exclusivity periods when revenues exceed targets, which exceed a standard of cost per health benefit achieved, and constitute significant barriers to access or fiscal burdens on patients.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":136,"name":"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)"},{"id":24,"name":"Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":135,"name":"Food & Drug Administration (FDA)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"RET","general_issue_code_display":"Retirement","description":"Older Americans Act Reauthorization. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act (S. 2120): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (No bill) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (No bill): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3059/H.R. 5841): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 9519/S. 5042): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 and H.R. 1700): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (H.R. 9296): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462 and H.R. 9415): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255/H.R. 9763): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424/S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271/S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (S. 4396/H.R. 8490): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. Stop Social Security Garnishment Act of 2026 (S. 5456/H.R. 3967), Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act (S. 5532/H.R. 10557): Proposals to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001/H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540/S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Retirement Plan Investment Alternatives: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, RIN 1210-AC38. Submitted comments opposing a proposed regulation defining Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. Proposal would create safe harbors for fiduciaries who select the investment options offered in 401(k) plans. If a fiduciary considers six factors when selecting any investment option, including alternative assets such as private equity, private credit, real estate, or cryptocurrency to a plan menu, the proposal would treat the fiduciary as meeting ERISAs prudence standard with respect to those factors, which would entitle the fiduciary to deference from any reviewing court. Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666/H.R. 5345): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Social Security Administration. Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R. 8884/S. 4947). Proposals to reauthorize SSA demonstration projects intended to help Americans with disabilities re-enter the workforce, but this legislation does not include guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration from forcing our most vulnerable citizens off the disability roles. In light of this Administrations previous efforts to eviscerate the disability program (SSDI) through the mechanism of demonstration projects, budget proposals and regulatory changes, such guardrails are essential. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988/H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D) and the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567): Proposals to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289/S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222), the Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act of 2026 (H.R. 9187), The PROMISE Act of 2026 (S. 4979): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act) (S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948/H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522/S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115/S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115/H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned. Protecting Seniors from Fraud. (No bill). Urging Congress to examine whether federal law, including Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, appropriately balances protections for online innovation with accountability when platforms knowingly profit from repeated scam activity targeting vulnerable populations, and to initiate a formal investigation exploring the numerous allegations against Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, raised by a recent report labeled SCAMBOOK: How Meta Helps Medicare Scammers Target Seniors, published by the Center for countering Digital Hate (CCDH).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]}]}