[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1865 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1865

  To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to provide safeguards 
against the abuse of information reported to the National Directory of 
                               New Hires.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 26, 1998

  Mr. Baucus introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to provide safeguards 
against the abuse of information reported to the National Directory of 
                               New Hires.

    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 ``Safeguard of New Employee 
Information Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, DISCLOSURE, OR USE OF 
              INFORMATION.

    Section 453(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(l)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Information'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(1) In general.--Information''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Penalty for misuse of information in the national 
        directory of new hires.--The Secretary shall require the 
        imposition of an administrative penalty (up to and including 
        dismissal from employment), and a fine of $1,000, for each act 
        of unauthorized access to, disclosure of, or use of, 
        information in the National Directory of New Hires established 
        under subsection (i) by any officer or employee of the United 
        States who knowingly and willfully violates this paragraph.''.

SEC. 3. 24-MONTH LIMIT ON RETENTION OF NEW HIRE DATA.

    Section 453(i)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(i)(2)) 
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Data entry and deletion requirements.--Information 
        shall be--
                    ``(A) entered into the database maintained by the 
                National Directory of New Hires within 2 business days 
                of receipt pursuant to section 453A(g)(2); and
                    ``(B) deleted from such database 24 months after 
                the date of entry.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall take effect on 
January 1, 1999.
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