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Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to access to and usage of NUMIDENT, death information, and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration by an individual acting for or on behalf of the Department of Government Efficiency.

Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to access to and usage of NUMIDENT, death information, and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration by an individual acting for or on behalf of the Department of Government Efficiency.

Introduced Apr 30, 2026

Latest action (Apr 30, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Social Welfare

Summary

This resolution requests that the President furnish the House of Representatives with documents and communications relating to access to sensitive Social Security Administration data by an individual working on behalf of the Department of Government Efficiency. The information being requested concerns the alleged copying of Social Security numbers, death records, and other personally identifiable information onto a personal device. The resolution also requests documents related to any efforts to share this copied information with private sector employers and any communications about potential presidential pardons for illegal actions involving the Social Security data. The President is required to respond within 14 days of the resolution's adoption.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
17 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to John B. Larson’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • DATA MAIL $16,500
  • HARTFORD HEALTHCARE $11,600
  • HARTFORD DISTRIBUTORS $9,600
  • SEAN N. PARKER FOUNDATION $6,600
  • NOT APPLICABLE $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for John B. Larson → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 30, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Apr 30, 2026 Submitted in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HRES 1059 — Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to the Department of Government Efficiency's access to and usage of NUMIDENT and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration. · Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 85%
  • HRES 327 — Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to the operations of the Social Security Administration after March 12, 2025, including information on the Department of Government Efficiency's access to the Social Security Administration and to information in the possession of such Administration. · Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 83%
  • HRES 195 — Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to the operations of the Social Security Administration after January 20, 2025, including information on the Department of Government Efficiency's access to the Social Security Administration and to information in the possession of such Administration. · Introduced Mar 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 83%
  • HRES 701 — Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to the Department of Government Efficiency's access to and usage of NUMIDENT and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration. · Introduced Sep 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HRES 314 — Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the effect on taxpayer and child privacy of the seizure by the so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" of legally-protected identity and financial data stored in the National Directory of New Hires and the Federal Parent Locator Service. · Introduced Apr 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HRES 1097 — Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States, and directing the Secretaries of the Treasury and Homeland Security, to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to the implementation and enforcement of the "Memorandum of Understanding for the Exchange of Information for Nontax Criminal Enforcement" between the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security. · Introduced Mar 3, 2026 · Cong. 119 75%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 30, 2026

Mr. Larson of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. Neal, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Sewell, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Chu, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Horsford, and Mr. Suozzi) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

RESOLUTION

Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to access to and usage of NUMIDENT, death information, and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration by an individual acting for or on behalf of the Department of Government Efficiency.

Resolved, That the President of the United States is requested to furnish the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, audio recording, memorandum, call log, correspondence (electronic or otherwise), audit trails and audit logs, written agreements, or other communication in his possession, or any portion of any document, record, audio recording, memorandum, call log, correspondence (electronic or otherwise), or other communication, that refers or relates to the following:

(1) Numerical Identification System (hereafter referred to as “NUMIDENT”) information, death information, and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration which an individual acting for or on behalf of the Department of Government Efficiency (hereafter referred to as “DOGE”) reportedly duplicated onto a personal thumb drive or other personal electronic device.

(2) Reported efforts by an individual acting for or on behalf of DOGE to share with the individual’s private sector employer the NUMIDENT information, death information, and other personally identifiable information duplicated from the Social Security Administration onto a personal thumb drive or other personal electronic device.

(3) Reported statements by an individual acting for or on behalf of DOGE regarding expectations of receiving a presidential pardon if actions with respect to personally identifying information in the possession of the Social Security Administration were deemed to be illegal. <all>

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