Social Security: Keeping Local Offices Open
The House Committee on Ways and Means received this bill on March 5, 2025. It has not moved since that date and remains stalled in the committee process. The committee must choose to take action for the bill to move forward.
No action since March 2025
While protecting local offices is popular with voters, the bill currently lacks Republican support and faces a difficult path in a divided Congress.
Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
By blocking office closures and consolidations, the bill also protects the jobs of Social Security Administration staff who work at those field and hearing offices, since any future closure plan must analyze and report on effects on employees before it can proceed. This limits the agency's ability to reduce its field workforce through office shutdowns.
“the anticipated effects on employees of the offices or stations affected”
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Reports on widespread website outages and errors at the SSA following staffing cuts. The article details how these service failures have increased the necessity for in-person field office access, which the Keeping Our Field Offices Open Act seeks to mandate.
Details the targeting of a Las Vegas Social Security office for lease termination by the Department of Government Efficiency. The report covers the resulting pushback from Nevada representatives who co-sponsored the Keeping Our Field Offices Open Act to prevent such closures.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Keeping Our Field Offices Open Act
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