To amend the Social Security Act to improve the information made available in social security account statements and to provide for annual distribution of such statements to beneficiaries.
Social Security Access to Information Act of 1997 - Amends title XI (General Provisions and Peer Review) of the Social Security Act to require annual social security account statements to: (1) express wages, contributions, and benefits in terms of actual dollars and in terms of current dollars; and (2) contain the total amount of benefits paid as of the date of the request to the eligible individual and the total amount of benefits paid as of such date to all beneficiaries on the basis of the eligible individual's wages and self-employment income.
Shifts from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Commissioner of Social Security the responsibility for supplying such statements. Requires the Commissioner to provide them to all eligible individuals for whom a current mailing address can be determined through such methods as the Commissioner determines to be appropriate.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
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