# Nancy Berryhill

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Nancy Berryhill
| image               = Nancy Berryhill official photo.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2017
| office              = Commissioner of the [Social Security Administration](/source/Social_Security_Administration)
| president           = [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump)
| term_start          = January 23, 2017
| term_end            = June 4, 2019*
| predecessor         = [Carolyn Colvin](/source/Carolyn_Colvin) (acting)
| successor           = [Andrew Saul](/source/Andrew_Saul)
| birth_date          = 
| birth_place         = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| education           = [Control Data Institute](/source/Control_Data_Institute) ([BS](/source/Bachelor_of_Science))
| footnotes           = <nowiki>*</nowiki>The [GAO](/source/Government_Accountability_Office) ruled on March 6, 2018 that Berryhill was unauthorized to serve as acting commissioner from November 17, 2017; however, she functionally continued to lead the agency.
| status              = Acting
}}
'''Nancy Ann Berryhill''' is the former acting Commissioner of the [Social Security Administration](/source/Social_Security_Administration).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.ssa.gov/meet-our-new-acting-commissioner|title=Nancy Berryhill, Acting Commissioner for Social Security {{!}} Social Security Matters|website=blog.ssa.gov|access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref> On March 6, 2018, the [Government Accountability Office](/source/Government_Accountability_Office) stated that as of November 17, 2017, Berryhill's status violated the [Federal Vacancies Reform Act](/source/Federal_Vacancies_Reform_Act_of_1998), which limits the time a position can be filled by an acting official; "[t]herefore Ms. Berryhill was not authorized to continue serving using the title of Acting Commissioner after November 16."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/07/role-of-social-security-acting-chief-violated-law-after-nov-17-president-told/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics |title=Role of Social Security acting chief violated law after Nov. 17, president told |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 7, 2018 |first=Joe |last=Davidson}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gao.gov/products/D18772 |title=Violation of the Time Limit Imposed by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1988 Commissioner, Social Security Administration |date=March 6, 2018 |publisher=Government Accountability Office}}</ref> Berryhill responded that "Moving forward, I will continue to lead the agency from my position of record, Deputy Commissioner of Operations."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/12/social-security-now-headless-because-of-trumps-inaction-will-others-agencies-be-decapitated |title=Social Security is now headless because of Trump's inaction. Will other agencies be decapitated? |first=Joe |last=Davidson |date=March 12, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

On April 17, 2018, President Trump nominated [Andrew Saul](/source/Andrew_Saul) to the position of Commissioner of Social Security. This action allowed Berryhill to regain the title of “Acting Commissioner;"<ref>Patterson v. Berryhill, No. 2:18-cv-00193-DWA, at 2 (W.D. Pa. June 14, 2018).</ref> she held that position until Saul was confirmed by the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) on June 4, 2019.

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