U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Todd Young (R-IN) recently forwarded correspondence to the Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner, seeking a status update regarding the agency’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program annual report.
The letter to Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi also inquired about the reasons for the report’s delay.
“Congress has yet to receive a 2021 report and, therefore, the Social Security Administration is not in compliance with Section 231 or P.L. 104-193, and the delay in providing the report is the longest in history,” Crapo, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee and Young, ranking member of the Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy, wrote. “This delay comes on the heels of the 2021 trustees reports for the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, which are to be issued annually no later than April 1 or each calendar year, being delivered with the longest delay in the history of the reports since 1995.”
Officials noted the legislators have requested the Social Security Administration identify by Nov. 4 when the SSA would issue the annual report.
“Social Security retirement and disability insurance beneficiaries and beneficiaries of the SSI program administered by SSA deserve better,” the senators concluded. “And Congress must receive timely, regular reports on the financial conditions of programs that SSA administers.”