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H.R. 9089119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Jun 2, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: To establish the Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security, and for other purposes.
Introduced:
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HR 9089 creates a temporary bipartisan commission to study Social Security and Medicare funding shortfalls and report recommendations to Congress.
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HR 9089 would establish a temporary federal commission to study projected funding shortfalls in Social Security and Medicare and develop recommendations for keeping both programs financially viable. Members would be appointed by congressional leaders from both parties. The commission would deliver a formal report with specific proposals to Congress, which could then choose to act on or disregard them.
The commission's work would most directly affect current and future retirees, people with disabilities, and working Americans who pay into Social Security and Medicare through payroll taxes. That broadly covers the vast majority of US residents at some point in their lives.
Social Security and Medicare are projected to run short of money in the coming decades, and the commission is intended to examine the reasons why and propose solutions. The commission itself would have no power to make changes, so any real-world impact on benefits or funding would depend entirely on future action by Congress.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.