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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.

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

Latest action (Sep 11, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Technology & Privacy

Summary

This resolution requests that the President provide the House of Representatives with documents, records, and communications related to the Department of Government Efficiency's access to and use of the Social Security Administration's NUMIDENT database, including any cloud-hosted copies. The request seeks information about the purposes for creating a cloud copy of NUMIDENT, including whether it will be used for federal audits, restricting benefits, creating a centralized database across agencies, selling information, or training artificial intelligence. The resolution also requests documentation of access and usage of this information by specified individuals associated with the Department of Government Efficiency, with all information to be provided within 14 days of the resolution's adoption.

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Sponsor (1)
18 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. Sep 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Sep 11, 2025 Submitted in House

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  • 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 84%
  • 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 82%
  • 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 80%
  • HRES 1241 — 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 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HRES 259 — Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the access provided to the staff and advisers of, including any individual working for or in conjunction with, the Department of Government Efficiency to the systems, applications, and accounts, and any information contained therein, of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. · Introduced Apr 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HRES 502 — Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the development of a centralized database by the Federal government and Palantir Technologies Inc. that compiles American citizens' personal information across Federal agencies and departments, including confidential taxpayer, identity, wage, child support, bank account, student loan, health, medical, financial, or other information. · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 11, 2025

Mr. Larson of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. Neal, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. S?nchez, 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, Ms. Plaskett, 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 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.

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) The development of a cloud environment that hosts a copy of the Social Security Administration’s Numerical Identification System (hereafter referred to as “NUMIDENT”), including risk assessments and security protocols.

(2) The purpose of creating a cloud environment that hosts a copy of the NUMIDENT, including whether the copy will be used to:

(A) conduct Federal audits and investigations;

(B) restrict or deny Social Security benefits, Medicare coverage, or any other benefits;

(C) develop a centralized database for the Federal Government that compiles citizens’ personal information across Federal agencies and departments;

(D) sell or make available information contained in the copy for private purchase; or

(E) train and enhance artificial intelligence.

(3) Access to, and usage of, NUMIDENT information hosted in such cloud environment by Edward Coristine, Aram Moghaddassi, John Solly, Michael Russo, or any other individual, including those acting for or on behalf of the Department of Government Efficiency (hereafter referred to as “DOGE”).

(4) Access to, and usage of, personally identifiable information inside the Social Security Administration’s Enterprise Data Warehouse on or after March 14, 2025, by Payton Rehling, Aram Moghaddassi, or any other individuals acting for or on behalf of DOGE. <all>

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