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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part B · Chapter 7 — Social Security

§ 1383f. Annual report on program

Statutory text

(a)

In general

Not later than May 30 of each year, the Commissioner of Social Security shall prepare and deliver a report annually to the President and the Congress regarding the program under this subchapter, including—

(1)

a comprehensive description of the program;

(2)

historical and current data on allowances and denials, including number of applications and allowance rates for initial determinations, reconsideration determinations, administrative law judge hearings, appeals council reviews, and Federal court decisions;

(3)

historical and current data on characteristics of recipients and program costs, by recipient group (aged, blind, disabled adults, and disabled children);

(4)

historical and current data on prior enrollment by recipients in public benefit programs, including State programs funded under part A of subchapter IV of this chapter and State general assistance programs;

(5)

projections of future number of recipients and program costs, through at least 25 years;

(6)

number of redeterminations and continuing disability reviews, and the outcomes of such redeterminations and reviews;

(7)

data on the utilization of work incentives;

(8)

detailed information on administrative and other program operation costs;

(9)

summaries of relevant research undertaken by the Social Security Administration, or by other researchers;

(10)

State supplementation program operations;

(11)

a historical summary of statutory changes to this subchapter; and

(12)

such other information as the Commissioner deems useful.

(b)

Views of individual members of Social Security Advisory Board

Each member of the Social Security Advisory Board shall be permitted to provide an individual report, or a joint report if agreed, of views of the program under this subchapter, to be included in the annual report required under this section.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–193 title II § 231 · 110 Stat. 2105

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1383f

    (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, § 1637, as added Pub. L. 104–193, title II, § 231, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2197.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, § 1637, as added Pub. L. 104–193, title II, § 231, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2197.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 231. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM. Title XVI (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), as amended by section 105(b)(3) of the Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “Sec. 1637. “annual report on program (a) Not later than May 30 of each year, the Commissioner 42 USC 1383f. of Social Security shall prepare and deliver a report annually to the President and the Congress regarding the program under this title, including— “(1) a comprehensive description of the program; “(2) historical and current data on allowances and denials, including number of applications and allowance rates for initial determinations, reconsideration determinations, administrative law judge hearings, appeals council reviews, and Federal court decisions; “(3) historical and current data on characteristics of recipients and program costs, by recipient group (aged, blind, disabled adults, and disabled children); “(4) historical and current data on prior enrollment by recipients in public benefit programs, including State programs funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act and State general assistance programs; “(5) projections of future number of recipients and program costs, through at least 25 years; “(6) number of redeterminations and continuing disability reviews, and the outcomes of such redeterminations and reviews; “(7) data on the utilization of work incentives; “(8) detailed information on administrative and other program operation costs; “(9) summaries of relevant research undertaken by the Social Security Administration, or by other researchers; “(10) State supplementation program operations; “(11) a historical summary of statutory changes to this title; and “(12) such other information as the Commissioner deems useful. “(b) Each member of the Social Security Advisory Board shall be permitted to provide an individual report, or a joint report if agreed, of views of the program under this title, to be included in the annual report required under this section.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, § 1637, as added Pub. L. 104–193, title II, § 231, , 110 Stat. 2197.)

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