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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 4737. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the
following:
SECTION 1. INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY.
(a) Audit.—The Inspector General of the Social Security
Administration shall investigate the actions of the
Department of Government Efficiency with respect to the
Social Security Administration to examine—
(1) the extent to which members of the Department of
Government Efficiency illegally accessed or disclosed
information from any beneficiary data system; and
(2) whether any such members of the Department of
Government Efficiency should be referred to the Department of
Justice for criminal prosecution.
(b) Department of Government Efficiency.—For purposes of
this section, the term “Department of Government
Efficiency” means—
(1) the United States DOGE Service;
(2) the United States DOGE Service Temporary Organization;
(3) any DOGE team (as defined in any of the Executive
orders described in subsection (c)(1));
(4) any entity established in accordance with, or to
implement, any Executive order described in subsection (c);
and
(5) any successor entity to an entity described in
paragraphs (1) through (4).
(c) Executive Orders.—The Executive orders described in
this subsection are—
(1) Executive Orders 14158, 14210, 14219, and 14222 (90
Fed. Reg. 8441, 9669, 10583, 11095); and
(2) any other Executive order relating to any entity
described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of subsection
(b).
(d) Beneficiary Data System Defined.—In this section, the
term “beneficiary data system” means a system that is
maintained by the Social Security Administration for the
purposes of administering the Social Security Act that—
(1) issues or records social security account numbers;
(2) is used to determine eligibility for benefits under
such Act;
(3) to pay benefits under such Act; or
(4) otherwise contains records of personally identifiable
information, personal health information, or Federal tax
information of individuals receiving or applying for a
benefit under such Act.