HRES1059Referred to Committee

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.

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-02-11
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John B. Larson
John B. Larson
Democrat · CT · Representative
Votes with party: 99.3% (535 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

2026-02-11

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Plain-English Summary

The House is asking the President to provide information about how the Department of Government Efficiency has accessed and used sensitive personal data from the Social Security Administration, including Social Security numbers and other identifying information. This inquiry seeks to understand what data the efficiency department obtained, how it was used, and what safeguards were in place to protect Americans' private information. The request has been sent to the House Ways and Means Committee for review.

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Government Operations and Politics

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Res. 1059 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 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, 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) Efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (hereafter referred to as ``DOGE''), Elon Musk, any member of his team, or any individual coordinating with the DOGE to communicate with a nongovernmental organization seeking to analyze State voter rolls or overturn election results in certain States, or to share information in the Social Security Administration's Numerical Identification System (hereafter referred to as ``NUMIDENT'') or other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Administration with such an organization. (2) Efforts on or after January 20, 2025, to share NUMIDENT information or other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration with the Department of Homeland Security, including through an encrypted and password-protected file sent on March 3, 2025, from a member of the DOGE working at the Social Security Administration to the Department of Homeland Security and copied to Steve Davis. (3) Use of Cloudflare or any other third-party server by DOGE members, including those working at or with the Social Security Administration, to share electronic files containing information in the possession of the Social Security Administration. (4) Actions by the DOGE, Elon Musk, any member of his team, or any individual coordinating with the DOGE to access, use, or transmit NUMIDENT information or other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration in violation of any laws, outside of Social Security Administration policy, or in noncompliance with the temporary restraining order issued by the District Court of Maryland on March 20, 2025 and the preliminary injunction granted by the Court on April 17, 2025. <all>
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