G&G Weekly Update

A new Commissioner of Social Security was re-nominated for a six-year term in January 2019.

Andrew Saul, who was previously nominated during the 115th Congress that ended in January, was re-nominated for the post during the 116th Congress. The term of the Commissioner runs for six years, starting January 20, 2019. There has not been a confirmed Commissioner of Social Security since Michael J. Astrue’s term expired in 2013.