Maintain Access to Vital Social Security Services Act of 2026

This bill would require the Social Security Administration to run enough field offices and staff them to meet public needs, and to keep field office staffing at or above the level of January 1, 2025. Before closing, consolidating, ending a lease for, or reducing in-person services at a field office, the agency would have to give public, congressional, and local government notice at least 180 days ahead, hold at least two public hearings, accept written comments, and publish a report responding to them. The action could not take effect until the agency's Inspector General confirms the agency followed the rules. The bill would also pause such actions until the Inspector General confirms the new rules are in place, and would require a report to Congress on field office closures over the past five years.

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Sponsors

• Gwen Moore Democrat sponsor
• 4 cosponsors