SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Federal Funds

For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 217(g), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, [$20,404,000] $21,404,000. (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.)

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This general fund appropriation reimburses the Social Security trust funds annually for 1) Special Payments for Certain Uninsured Persons, 2) pension reform, and 3) interest on unnegotiated checks. In addition, for 2011, the request includes funds to pay the Disability Insurance Trust Fund for the quinquennial adjustment for FICA tax equivalents related to military service deemed wage credits. Amounts appropriated to this account as permanent indefinite authority include receipts from Federal income taxation of Social Security benefits.

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The Budget includes a proposal to restructure the Federal Wage Reporting process. This proposal will enhance tax administration, improve program integrity for a range of programs, and facilitate implementation of automatic workplace pensions.

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Public Law 110-275 requires SSA to provide Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy applicants with information about Medicare Savings Programs assistance, including information about how to contact the State health insurance assistance program. In addition, SSA will transmit Low-Income Subsidy application data to the States and provide Medicare Savings Programs training to employees currently taking Low-Income Subsidy applications.

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Public Law 111-3 provides States the option to verify a declaration of citizenship or nationality for the purposes of establishing eligibility for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program through a comparison of the information provided by the individual with information in SSA records.

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For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public Law 93-66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, including payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, [$34,742,000,000] $40,513,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the Treasury.

For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year [2011, $16,000,000,000] 2012, $13,400,000,000, to remain available until expended. (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.)

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Title XVI of the Social Security Act established a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program to provide monthly cash benefits as a federally guaranteed minimum income for low-income individuals who are either aged, blind, or disabled.

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Please see the narrative in the Limitation on Administrative Expenses account for a description of the program integrity proposal reflected here.

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Public Law 106-169 established a benefit program for certain individuals who are at least 65 years old; were in the United States military forces, including veterans of the Filipino Army and Filipino Scouts, during World War II; and who were eligible for SSI for the month of December 1999. To receive this benefit, these individuals must reside outside the United States and meet other requirements for eligibility.

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For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, [$29,000,000] $30,000,000, together with not to exceed [$73,682,000] $76,122,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the "Limitation on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security Administration, to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.)

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The Office of the Inspector General provides agency-wide audit and investigative functions to help find and correct operational and administrative deficiencies that create conditions for existing or potential instances of fraud, waste, and mismanagement.

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Public Law 111-5 provides for eligible Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries to receive a one-time economic recovery payment of $250.

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The President's Budget includes a proposal to provide eligible Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Veterans Affairs, Railroad Retirement Board, and government pension beneficiaries to receive a second one-time economic recovery payment of $250.

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Public Law 111-5 provides additional funding for SSA to process growing disability and retirement workloads, replace the National Computer Center, and administer the $250 economic recovery payments for eligible Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries.

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The Social Security Administration (SSA) collects a fee from States for costs related to administering SSI State supplementary payments on behalf of States. A portion of these fees is used to fund some of SSA's administrative costs.

Trust Funds

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The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) program provides monthly cash benefits to retired workers and their dependents, and to survivors of deceased workers.

The President's Budget includes a proposal to establish a mandatory system for collecting data on pension income from non-covered State and local employment. The proposal would eliminate the current self-reporting burden on individuals and will improve payment accuracy.

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The Disability Insurance (DI) program provides monthly cash benefits for disabled workers who have not yet attained their normal retirement age, and for their dependents.

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The President's Budget includes a legislative proposal to establish a mandatory system for collecting data on pension income from non-covered State and local employment. The proposal would eliminate the current self-reporting burden on individuals and will improve payment accuracy.

Please see the narrative in the Limitation on Administrative Expenses account for a description of the program integrity proposal reflected here.

For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed [$45,000] $20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, not more than [$10,800,500,000] $11,678,000,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year [2010] 2011 not needed for fiscal year [2010] 2011 shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are made.

From funds provided under the first paragraph, not less than [$273,000,000] $283,000,000 shall be available for the cost associated with conducting continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act.

In addition to the amounts made available above, and subject to the same terms and conditions, [$485,000,000] $513,000,000, for additional continuing disability reviews and redeterminations of eligibility, of which[, upon a determination by the Office of the Chief Actuary that such initiative would be at least as cost effective as redeterminations of eligibility,] up to [$34,000,000] $10,000,000 shall be available [for one or more initiatives to improve] to complete implementation of asset verification initiatives: Provided, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of these additional amounts, similar to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104-121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002.

In addition, [$160,000,000] $185,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93-66, which shall remain available until expended. To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year [2010] 2011 exceed [$160,000,000] $185,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year [2011] 2012 only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.

In addition, up to [$1,000,000] $500,000 to be derived from fees collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, which shall remain available until expended. (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.)

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The Limitation on Administrative Expenses (LAE) account provides resources for the SSA to administer the OASI and DI programs, the SSI program, the Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans program, and certain health insurance (including prescription drug) functions for the aged and disabled.

The request for additional funding for continuing disability reviews builds on SSA's success in reducing program costs by ensuring that only individuals still too disabled to work continue to receive benefits. Continuing disability reviews are a proven investment, yielding better than $10 in lifetime program savings for every $1 spent. The additional funding requested also provides resources for redeterminations of eligibility processed under title XVI of the Social Security Act. Redeterminations are also a proven investment, by ensuring that SSI recipients are receiving the correct benefit amount based on non-medical factors of eligibility. Recent estimates indicate that redeterminations provide a return on investment of better than $8 in program savings over ten years for each $1 spent, including savings accruing to Medicaid. The language for the additional funding permits that up to $10 million may be spent to complete implementation of the Access to Financial Institutions initiative, which helps SSA to identify individuals who have financial accounts exceeding the Supplemental Security Income resource limits.

Full funding of these enforcement investments is important. The Administration proposes to fund them as contingent appropriations. To ensure full funding of continuing disability reviews and redeterminations, the Administration proposes to employ a budget enforcement mechanism that allows for an adjustment by the Budget Committees to the section 302(a) allocation to the Appropriations Committees found in the concurrent resolution on the budget. To ensure full funding of the cost increases, this adjustment would be permissible only if the base level for continuing disability reviews and redeterminations was funded at $283 million and the use of the funds was clearly restricted to the specified purpose. The maximum allowable adjustment to the 302(a) allocation would be $513 million for 2011. See additional discussion in the Budget Reform Proposals chapter in the Analytical Perspectives volume.

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Please see the narrative in the Payments to Social Security Trust Funds account for a description of the quarterly wage reporting proposal reflected here.

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As directed by Section 104 of Public Law 103-296, the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994, the Commissioner of Social Security shall prepare an annual budget for SSA, which shall be submitted by the President to the Congress without revision, together with the President's request for SSA.

The Commissioner's budget includes $13,252 million for total administrative discretionary resources in 2011. This represents $13,143 million for SSA administrative expenses and $109 million for the Office of the Inspector General.