[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4172 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4172

  To require the Commissioner of Social Security to provide prisoner 
information obtained from the States to Federal and federally assisted 
 benefit programs as a means of preventing the erroneous provision of 
                         benefits to prisoners.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 1998

Mr. Herger (for himself, Mr. Clement, Mr. Crane, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Bunning, 
   Mr. McCrery, Mr. Camp, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Portman, Mr. Watkins, Mr. 
  Hayworth, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Combest, Mr. 
Bereuter, Mr. Pappas, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hilleary, and Ms. 
   Danner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Commissioner of Social Security to provide prisoner 
information obtained from the States to Federal and federally assisted 
 benefit programs as a means of preventing the erroneous provision of 
                         benefits to prisoners.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Criminal Welfare Prevention Act, 
Part III''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE STATE PRISONER INFORMATION TO FEDERAL 
              AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED BENEFIT PROGRAMS.

    Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(ii)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1382(e)(1)(I)(ii)(II)) is amended by striking ``is authorized to'' and 
inserting ``shall''.
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