,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #h1 #bjah,mr4 
,grothman 7for himself1 ,mr4            
,loudermilk1 and ,mr4 ,des,jarlais7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the use
 of funds to develop1 test1 deploy1     
implement1 or administer the ,disability
 ,case ,processing ,system1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,elimination of    
,social ,security ,administration       
disability case processing system  7a7  
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,in #bjad1 whistleblowers informed
 the ,committee on ,oversight and       
,government ,reform that the ,social    
,security ,administration 7in this ,act 
referred to as the ,,ssa7 has spent     
nearly #cjj1jjj1jjj on a failed         
information technology modernization    
project known as the ,disability ,case  
,processing ,system 7in this ,act       
referred to as the ,,dcps74  7#b7 ,on   

,july #be1 #bjad1 the ,chairman of the  
,subcommittee on ,social ,security of   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means of   
the ,house of ,representatives requested
 that the ,,ssa ,inspector ,general 7in 
this ,act referred to as the ,,ssa ,,ig7
 conduct an investigation into the      
,,ssa's management and failed           
implementation of the ,,dcps costing the
 taxpayers close to #cjj million to     
date44  7#c7 ,the ,,ssa ,,ig1 in its    
,november #bjad initial report1 stated  
that it had concerns with the ,,ssa's   
approach and recommended that the ,,ssa 
not spend more funds until it determined
 whether the commercial-off-the-shelf   
7,,cots7 software could be used4  7#d7  
,in ,may #bjaf1 the ,,ssa ,,ig reported 
that the ,,ssa had spent over           
#cjj1jjj1jjj on the ,,dcps project1 for 
which it would receive little benefit1  
and according to the ,,ssa1 it would    
still need #ij1jjj1jjj to #afe1jjj1jjj  
to deliver the first release of the new 
,core ,,dcps between ,july and ,december

 of #bjaf4  7#e7 ,the ,,ssa ,,ig        
reported in ,september #bjaf that1 since
 its inception #h years earlier1 the    
,,ssa's reported costs for the ,,dcps   
project were #cef1jjj1jjj4 ,,ssa        
estimated it would still need an        
additional #abb1jjj1jjj through #bjai   
for the project4  7#f7 ,in its          
,september #bjag report1 the ,,ssa ,,ig 
reported that the ,,ssa's goals were to 
deliver full functionality of ,,dcps by 
,april #bjah and full deployment        
systemwide by ,september #bjai1 bringing
 the total expenditure for the ,,dcps   
project to over #ejj1jjj1jjj4 ,however1 
even after #c years of reporting on     
,,dcps1 the ,,ssa ,,ig concluded that   
given the uncertainty of the future     
growth of the backlog and ,,ssa's       
ongoing development velocity1 we were   
unable to conclude whether the ,agency's
 release goals were reasonable44  7b7   
,prohibition on funding for ,,dcps ,none
 of the funds available to the ,social  
,security ,administration for any fiscal

 year may be used to develop1 test1     
deploy1 implement1 or administer the    
,disability ,case ,processing ,system or
 any substantially similar program      
unless specifically authorized by       
,congress4