Cybersecurity Policy Report, Bill Filed by 71 House Democrats Targets DOGE Access to Social Security Data, (Mar 7, 2025)
Organizations Mentioned:Social Security Administration
A bill that aims to stop a White House government efficiency team from accessing sensitive Social Security data has been introduced in the House by Rep. John Larson (D., Conn.) and 70 Democratic co-sponsors.
The Protecting Americans’ Social Security Data Act (H.R.1877, 119th Cong. (2025)) would ban personnel from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing Americans’ data at the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Rep. Larson noted reports that DOGE’s activities at SSA had led the acting SSA commissioner to resign over conflicts with DOGE personnel and their leader, Elon Musk.
“Following reports that the former Acting Commissioner of Social Security resigned after clashing with Elon Musk’s cronies over access to sensitive government records at SSA, House Democrats are introducing legislation to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder,” Rep. Larson said in a statement.
“It is impossible to overstate the importance of Social Security to the American people, or the dire consequences of losing their sensitive personal data,” he said. “The integrity of the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the security of Americans’ confidential and personal information is at stake.”
The text of the bill was not immediately available. A summary indicated it would amend the Social Security Act to block political appointees or “special government employees,” which is the designation given to the DOGE team, from accessing “beneficiary data systems.”
It also would codify SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthen civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries’ personal information, according to Rep. Larson.
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