0960-AH07 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0960 Social Security Administration SSA Amendments to Regulations Regarding Withdrawals of Applications and Voluntary Suspension of Benefits (3573F)

We modified our regulations to establish a 12-month time limit for the withdrawal of an old-age benefits application. We will also permit only one withdrawal per lifetime. These changes limit the voluntary suspension of benefits only to those benefits disbursed in future months.

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We are under a clear congressional mandate to protect the Trust Funds. It was crucial that we change our current policies that have the effect of allowing beneficiaries to withdraw applications or suspend benefits and use benefits from the Trust Funds as something akin to an interest-free loan.

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Discretionary.

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Based on our current evidence, there are no alternatives at this time.

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The administrative effect of this final rule is negligible.

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None.

]]> Interim Final Rule 12/08/2010 75 FR 76256 Interim Final Rule Effective 12/08/2010 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 02/07/2011 Final Action 04/00/2017 No No Undetermined No No No No Liz Calvo Social Insurance Specialist 0960 Social Security Administration SSA 410 965-4200 liz.calvo@ssa.gov Office of Income Security Programs, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21235-6401 Brian Rudick Social Insurance Specialist, Regulations Writer 0960 Social Security Administration SSA 410 965-1483 brian.rudick@ssa.gov Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21235-6401