Social Security
Membership 114th Congress
Ranking Member
Xavier Becerra
California ~ 34
Democratic Members
John Larson
Connecticut ~ 01
Earl Blumenauer
Oregon ~ 03
Jim McDermott
Washington ~ 07
Chairman
Sam Johnson
Texas ~ 03
Republican Members
Robert Dold
Illinois ~ 10
Vern Buchanan
Florida ~ 16
Adrian Smith
Nebraska ~ 03
Mike Kelly
Pennsylvania ~ 03
James Renacci
Ohio ~ 16
Tom Rice
South Carolina ~ 07
The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Social Security shall include bills and matters referred to the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to the Federal Old Age, Survivors’ and Disability Insurance System, the Railroad Retirement System, and employment taxes and trust fund operations relating to those systems. More specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Social Security shall include bills and matters involving title II of the Social Security Act and Chapter 22 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Railroad Retirement Tax Act), as well as provisions in title VII and title XI of the Act relating to procedure and administration involving the Old Age, Survivors’ and Disability Insurance System.
Recent Activity
The Social Security Earned Benefits Payment Act, introduced by Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), would ensure Americans receiving Social Security disability benefits will not have their benefits unnecessarily cut at the end of 2016 by temporarily adjusting the distribution of incoming payroll taxes bet