[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2204 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2204

  To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify the mailing 
      requirement relating to social security account statements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2021

   Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
 Casey, and Mr. Cardin) introduced the following bill; which was read 
             twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify the mailing 
      requirement relating to social security account statements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Know Your Social Security Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT TO MAIL SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT 
              STATEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1143 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b-13) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``Such statement shall be provided by mail unless 
        the requesting individual chooses electronic delivery for that 
        request.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``Beginning not later than'' and 
                inserting ``(A) Beginning not later than'';
                    (B) by inserting ``by mail'' after ``provide''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B) In any case in which an eligible individual described in 
subparagraph (A) responds to an annual inquiry by the Commissioner 
relating to the mailing of the individual's statement by making an 
election that such statement for such year be provided in electronic 
form only, the requirements of this paragraph shall be deemed to be 
satisfied for such year with respect to the individual.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to social security account statements required to be 
provided after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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