109 HR 1745 IH: Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2005
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-04-20
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1.Short title and table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2005
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(b)The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents
Title I—Provisions relating to the social security account number in the public and private sectors
Sec. 101. Restrictions on the sale or display to the general public of social security account numbers by governmental agencies
Sec. 102. Regulatory authority
Sec. 103. Prohibition of display of social security account numbers on checks issued for payment by governmental agencies
Sec. 104. Prohibition of the display of personal identification numbers on government employee identification cards or tags
Sec. 105. Prohibition of inmate access to social security account numbers
Sec. 106. Measures to preclude unauthorized disclosure of social security account numbers and protect the confidentiality of such numbers
Sec. 107. Prohibition of the sale, purchase, and display to the general public of the social security account number in the private sector
Sec. 108. Confidential treatment of credit header information
Sec. 109. Refusal to do business without receipt of social security account number considered unfair or deceptive Act or practice
Title II—Studies relating to the integrity of applications for social security account numbers and social security cards
Sec. 201. Study relating to use of photographic identification in connection with applications for benefits, social security account numbers, and social security cards
Sec. 202. Study relating to modification of the social security account numbering system to show work authorization status
Title III—Enforcement
Sec. 301. New criminal penalties for misuse of social security account numbers
Sec. 302. Extension of civil monetary penalty authority
Sec. 303. Criminal penalties for employees of the Social Security Administration who knowingly and fraudulently issue social security cards or social security account numbers
Sec. 304. Enhanced penalties in cases of terrorism, drug trafficking, crimes of violence, or prior offenses
<enum>I</enum><header>Provisions relating to the social security account number in the public and private sectors</header>
<section id="H95F26B8C7EDB43148D5350121990C869"><enum>101.</enum><header>Restrictions on the sale or display to the general public of social security account numbers by governmental agencies</header>
<subsection id="H544EC00E5B1F44C8B68830548B38F0ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/405">42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="H345A17BCD6444F9E82D6BA9521F14EF0" indent="up3"><enum>(x)</enum>
<subclause id="HA353FA0134B445CC8ED06B97049B53AD" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An executive, legislative, or judicial agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or of a State or a political subdivision thereof or a trustee appointed in a case under title 11, United States Code (or person acting as an agent of such an agency or instrumentality or trustee) may not sell or display to the general public any social security account number if such number has been disclosed to such agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent pursuant to the assertion by such an agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent to any person that disclosure of such number is mandatory. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, such number may be sold or displayed to the general public in accordance with the exceptions specified in subclauses (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), and (VIII) (and for no other purpose).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H314426A8722E44528158CAC1C50037C6" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security account number may be sold by an agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent referred to in subclause (I) to the extent that such sale is specifically authorized by this Act.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC0572B2BEF254F71BD00E2BAC5D67CB8" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security account number may be sold by an agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent referred to in subclause (I) to the extent that is necessary or appropriate for law enforcement or national security purposes, as determined under regulations which shall be issued as provided in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H274ECC6CFF234912895E7D16C1B6652" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security account number may be sold by an agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent referred to in subclause (I) to the extent that such sale is required to comply with a tax law of the United States or of any State (or political subdivision thereof).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3C709B88DB5843B1A65FE209E0110346" indent="up1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security account number may be sold by a State department of motor vehicles as authorized under subsection (b) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2721">section 2721</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, if such number is to be used pursuant to such sale solely for purposes permitted under paragraph (1), (6), or (9) of such subsection.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCC84B075A2834B26A2A546FEF33B93CC" indent="up1"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security account number may be sold or otherwise made available by an agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent referred to in subclause (I) to a consumer reporting agency (as defined in section 603(f) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FCRA">Fair Credit Reporting Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681a">15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)</external-xref>)) for use or disclosure solely for permissible purposes described in section 604(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681b">15 U.S.C. 1681b(a)</external-xref>).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB00440B292754F8C9822FD5408EA99EE" indent="up1"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security account number may be sold by an agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent referred to in subclause (I) to the extent necessary for research (other than market research) conducted by any agency or instrumentality referred to in subclause (I) (or an agent of such an agency or instrumentality) for the purpose of advancing the public good, on the condition that the researcher provides adequate assurances that the social security account numbers will not be used to harass, target, or publicly reveal information concerning any identifiable individuals, that information about identifiable individuals obtained from the research will not be used to make decisions that directly affect the rights, benefits, or privileges of specific individuals, and that the researcher has in place appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy and confidentiality of any information about identifiable individuals, including procedures to ensure that the social security account numbers will be encrypted or otherwise appropriately secured from unauthorized disclosure. In the case of social security account numbers which constitute personally identifiable medical information, the Commissioner of Social Security, with respect to medical research referred to in the preceding sentence, and the Attorney General of the United States, with respect to any medical research not referred to in the preceding sentence but which is treated in regulations of the Attorney General issued pursuant to subclause (VIII), shall maintain ongoing consultation with the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that the sale or purchase of such social security account numbers is permitted only in compliance with existing Federal rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 2033). </text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC88C1912CD36401E95A1C7008EBF8155" indent="up1"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security account number may be sold or displayed to the general public by an agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent referred to in subclause (I) under such other circumstances as may be specified in regulations issued as provided in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H844803E8E21B4DD9AC5360672C3572E3" indent="up1"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>This clause does not apply with respect to a social security account number of a deceased individual.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCED9111250D94445AD9EED13C60090B4" indent="up1"><enum>(X)</enum><text>For purposes of this clause, the term <term>sell</term> means, in connection with a social security account number, to accept an item of material value in exchange for such number. Such term does not include the submission of such number as part of the administration of, or provision of benefits under, an employee benefit plan.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5774321850AA41DF8DEFF53756003B9B" indent="up1"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>For purposes of this clause, the term <term>display to the general public</term> shall have the meaning provided such term in section 208A(a)(3)(A). In any case in which an agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent referred to in subclause (I) requires transmittal to such agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent of an individual’s social security account number by means of the Internet without reasonable provisions to ensure that such number is encrypted or otherwise appropriately secured from disclosure, any such transmittal of such number as so required shall be treated, for purposes of this clause, as a <quote>display to the general public</quote> of such number by such agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent for purposes of this clause.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HDBF7E8D82B9B462DA27D6DE397B9B3C1" indent="up1"><enum>(XII)</enum><text>For purposes of this clause, the term social security account number includes any derivative of such number. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any expression, contained in or on any item sold or displayed to the general public, shall not be treated as a social security account number solely because such expression sets forth not more than the last 4 digits of such number if the remainder of such number cannot be determined based solely on such expression or any other matter presented in such material.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HFA93F3E9DCE746A587DA2255A48BEF7" indent="up1"><enum>(XIII)</enum><text>Nothing in this clause shall be construed to supersede, alter, or affect any restriction or limitation on the sale or display to the general public of social security account numbers, provided in any Federal statute, regulation, order, or interpretation, if the restriction or limitation is greater than that provided under this clause, as determined under applicable regulations issued by the Commissioner of Social Security or by the Attorney General of the United States or another agency or instrumentality of the United States as provided in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HC0D51129B5924D31A750ADFFBABD898F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date and related rules</header>
<paragraph id="HE32CF05C561441FD9664A4D6A1E55483"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Initial final regulations prescribed to carry out the provisions of section 205(c)(2)(C)(x) of the Social Security Act (added by this section) shall be issued not later than the last date of the 18th calendar month following the date of the enactment of this Act. Such provisions shall take effect, with respect to matters governed by such regulations issued by the Commissioner of Social Security, or (pursuant to section 205(c)(2)(I) of such Act (added by section 102)) by the Attorney General of the United States or any other agency or instrumentality of the United States, 1 year after the date of the issuance of such regulations by the Commissioner, the Attorney General, or such other agency or instrumentality, respectively. Such amendment shall apply in the case of displays to the general public, as defined in section 208A(a)(3) of such Act (added by section 107), to such displays originally occurring after such 1-year period. Such provisions shall not apply with respect to any display of a record (containing a social security account number (or any derivative thereof)) generated prior to the close of such 1-year period.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H207B95C034F64EC9A824CDDBBD93D83F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sunset of exception</header><text>The last sentence of subclause (XII) of section 205(c)(2)(C)(x) of the Social Security Act (added by this section) shall cease to be effective with respect to sales, purchases, or displays to the general public occurring after 6 years after the 18th calendar month referred to in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H2EFDCECBCE484B8A9CFCD431E58186D" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Regulatory authority</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 205(c)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/405">42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H2B32F35953A74AA9B859837C65443329" indent="up2"><enum>(I)</enum>
<clause id="H1C0CC4305A15454BAABEE32150DD301" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Attorney General of the United States shall prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of subclauses (III) and (VIII) of subparagraph (C)(x) of this paragraph, subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 208A(b)(2), section 208A(b)(3)(B), and section 208A(c)(2). In issuing such regulations, the Attorney General shall consult with the Commissioner of Social Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal banking agencies (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act), the National Credit Union Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission, State attorneys general, and such representatives of the State insurance commissioners as may be designated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Any agency or instrumentality of the United States may exercise the authority of the Attorney General under this subparagraph, with respect to matters otherwise subject to regulation by such agency or instrumentality, to the extent determined appropriate in regulations of the Attorney General.</text></clause>
<clause id="H08EB0074781E4433A0CBC2A03989A1D6" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In issuing the regulations described in clause (i) pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (C)(x)(III), paragraph (A) or (B) of section 208A(b)(2), or section 208A(c)(2) (relating to law enforcement and national security), the Attorney General may authorize the sale or purchase of Social Security account numbers only if the Attorney General determines that—</text>
<subclause id="H6667A5C3851B42378F00830964E2FB30"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sale or purchase would serve a compelling public interest that cannot reasonably be served through alternative measures, and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE2F4E51FC2AC471F9EFD50BCA0533C5F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sale or purchase will not pose an unreasonable risk of identity theft, or bodily, emotional, or financial harm to an individual (taking into account any restrictions and conditions that the Attorney General imposes on the sale, purchase, or disclosure).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H224F67A99D914101B5B8B72B1D0097F1" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In issuing the regulations described in clause (i) pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (C)(x)(VIII) of this paragraph or section 208A(b)(3)(B), the Attorney General may authorize the sale, purchase, or display to the general public of social security account numbers only after considering, among other relevant factors—</text>
<subclause id="HD1FA427F48344DA2B855F09539FEF860"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the associated cost or burden to the general public, businesses, commercial enterprises, non-profit organizations, and Federal, State, and local governments; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3758EB5CF63842E79E4E5176CFC62D00"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the associated benefit to the general public, businesses, commercial enterprises, non-profit associations, and Federal, State, and local governments.</text></subclause> </clause>
<clause id="H56A4696BE76E42A9A8CBF5A7D6ECA6D5" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, after considering the factors in clause (iii), the Attorney General authorizes, in regulations referred to in clause (iii), the sale, purchase, or display to the general public of social security account numbers, the Attorney General shall impose restrictions and conditions on the sale, purchase, or display to the general public to the extent necessary—</text>
<subclause id="HCA9BEE2846704858AFCD31B1ECFF421"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide reasonable assurances that social security account numbers will not be used to commit or facilitate fraud, deceptions, or crime, and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE3655EC1A41644D29000156F76C52D38"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to prevent an unreasonable risk of identity theft or bodily, emotional, or financial harm to any individual, considering the nature, likelihood, and severity of the anticipated harm that could result from the sale, purchase, or display to the general public of social security account numbers, together with the nature, likelihood, and extent of any benefits that could be realized.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HF034364DF1A4494DA81E251000595C00" display-inline="no-display-inline" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>In the issuance of regulations pursuant to this subparagraph, notice shall be provided as described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, and opportunity to participate in the rule making shall be provided in accordance with section 553(c) of such title.</text></clause>
<clause id="HDBD03728A6324BA88BE2216277E7DCC" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Each agency and instrumentality exercising authority to issue regulations under this subparagraph shall consult and coordinate with the other such agencies and instrumentalities for the purposes of assuring, to the extent possible, that the regulations prescribed by each such agency or instrumentality are consistent and comparable, as appropriate, with the regulations prescribed by the other such agencies and instrumentalities. The Attorney General shall undertake to facilitate such consultation and coordination.</text></clause>
<clause id="H36C69000972D4940AC64074E006CA6D" indent="up1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the terms <term>sell</term>, <term>purchase</term>, and <term>display to the general public</term> shall have the meanings provided such terms under subparagraph (C)(x) of this paragraph or under section 208A(a), as applicable.</text></clause>
<clause id="HE103ACEA4B82475DAB71CD13B5FD89BA" indent="up1"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, subparagraph (C)(x)(XI) shall apply.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HDFFD4B7922824AB290CDF50014343B9"><enum>103.</enum><header>Prohibition of display of social security account numbers on checks issued for payment by governmental agencies</header>
<subsection id="H13513B38B99C42B8840023C0B7A6F6DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/405">42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 101) is amended further by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="H5E88CAB16B63462CAB79F396304600EB" indent="up3"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>No executive, legislative, or judicial agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or of a State or a political subdivision thereof or trustee appointed in a case under title 11, United States Code (or person acting as an agent of such an agency or instrumentality or trustee) may include the social security account number of any individual (or any derivative of such number) on any check issued for any payment by the Federal Government, any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or such trustee or on any document attached to or accompanying such a check.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H0A75EED254D64C069DD00428FFB05C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to checks (and documents attached to or accompanying such checks) issued after 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HACD27502EECB47F1B0377415D2F86B22"><enum>104.</enum><header>Prohibition of the display of personal identification numbers on government employee identification cards or tags</header>
<subsection id="HB33F6F4907454DD0812BF8D84BC276CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/405">42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)</external-xref>) (as amended by the preceding provisions of this title) is amended further by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="HE807C93C830B445DA566005513C9876" indent="up3"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>No executive, legislative, or judicial agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or of a State or political subdivision thereof, and no other person offering benefits in connection with an employee benefit plan maintained by such agency or instrumentality or acting as an agent of such agency or instrumentality, may display a social security account number (or any derivative thereof) on any card or tag that is commonly provided to employees of such agency or instrumentality (or to their family members) for purposes of identification or include on such card or tag a magnetic strip, bar code, or other means of communication which conveys such number.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H2224AD37D90B4D9EBE444178EB678615"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to cards or tags issued after 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H07820C2ABD3549DDA5F4951CB9C7F62E"><enum>105.</enum><header>Prohibition of inmate access to social security account numbers</header>
<subsection id="HF4D8E4F42D65490F863E47B3F6E79259"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/405">42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)</external-xref>) (as amended by the preceding provisions of this title) is amended further by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="HDD638E88B8944850ACFF009181083DB8" indent="up3"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>No executive, legislative, or judicial agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or of a State or political subdivision thereof (or person acting as an agent of such an agency or instrumentality) may employ, or enter into a contract for the use or employment of, prisoners in any capacity that would allow such prisoners access to the social security account numbers of other individuals. For purposes of this clause, the term <term>prisoner</term> means an individual confined in a jail, prison, or other penal institution or correctional facility.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H60948CFBCB9641E6BBA725F3BA1593B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph id="HACBA53EAF95F45D7B729606FB5001D32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to employment of prisoners, or entry into contract for the use or employment of prisoners, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2126C8AA9B6942D28D8565BDC8B3B070"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of current arrangements</header><text>In the case of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H046CF68DAA784B01B4B13B810083FDE0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prisoners employed as described in clause (xiii) of section 205(c)(2)(C) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (as added by this section) on the date of the enactment of this Act, and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BAE93BA3B5B4641BA545400FAE2C08E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contracts described in such clause in effect on such date,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">the amendment made by this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HB99D638731814D1E97C15BB714CD2E68" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Measures to preclude unauthorized disclosure of social security account numbers and protect the confidentiality of such numbers</header>
<subsection id="H181FBD1F73A04373A5F7FC23049167C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/405">42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)</external-xref>) (as amended by the preceding provisions of this title) is amended further by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block style="traditional" id="H88B6D639EE7648098787B10099803FA0" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<clause id="H8AF2741ACD2A4A34BA4F7DE5EE3C4F1" indent="up3"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, in the case of any executive, legislative, or judicial agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or of a State or political subdivision thereof and any trustee appointed in a case under title 11, United States Code (and any agent of such agency, instrumentality, or trustee) having in its possession an individual’s social security account number—</text>
<subclause id="H9D8F6253C3F74CE78336B9CD10DD5557" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text>no officer or employee thereof shall have access to such number for any purpose other than the effective administration of the statutory provisions governing its functions,</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H6546F49C224E4FCB91BC81D6A05383E6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent shall restrict, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Social Security, access to social security account numbers obtained thereby to officers and employees thereof whose duties or responsibilities require access for the administration or enforcement of such provisions, and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9FA94459CD704BD9841685F6D0FF1FA8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>such agency, instrumentality, trustee, or agent shall provide such other safeguards as the Commissioner of Social Security determines to be necessary or appropriate to preclude unauthorized access to the social security account number and to otherwise protect the confidentiality of such number.</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">For purposes of this clause the term social security account number includes any derivative thereof.</continuation-text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H00AB6F6865244AD5B5F311D81EB171AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HB2B899F1CF204E7F9FBD7C3650EA7E8E" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header>Prohibition of the sale, purchase, and display to the general public of the social security account number in the private sector</header>
<subsection id="HE98133ED4A8943878F005B05B51576DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> is amended by inserting after section 208 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/408">42 U.S.C. 408</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H964D4790D9434B8F88D28124C99D754E"><enum>208A.</enum><header>Prohibition of the sale, purchase, and display to the general public of the social security account number in the private sector</header>
<subsection id="HEA659B7E3DF14BE0A13E77F88BD860C6" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H42759DCC326B493D953DCF78BC14B13"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Person</header>
<subparagraph id="H1796B07EFE9C43898635CCAED391CE67"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the term <term>person</term> means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, or any other entity.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5ED3456EB29143F0B30279AF583FB132"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Governmental entities</header><text>Such term does not include a governmental entity. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to authorize, in connection with a governmental entity, an act or practice otherwise prohibited under this section or section 205(c)(2)(C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81D5A811EA154AA886B5D7969F34F377"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selling and purchasing</header>
<subparagraph id="HDA44BE12314046689831AA8C02E4D4FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="H476C83ABA1974AA386638CA55FA877C5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Sell</header><text>The term <term>sell</term> in connection with a social security account number means to obtain, directly or indirectly, anything of value in exchange for such number.</text></clause>
<clause id="H0D572BC7227E4F8D8400F4BEC8E84D25"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Purchase</header><text>The term <term>purchase</term> in connection with a social security account number means to provide, directly or indirectly, anything of value in exchange for such number.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD8D83A52F334D48B0517ED73DCBCD78"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The terms <quote>sell</quote> and <quote>purchase</quote> in connection with a social security account number do not include the submission of such number as part of—</text>
<clause id="HCCCECF10225640FA8DD6EE0088E1C016"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the process for applying for any type of Government benefits or programs (such as grants or loans or welfare or other public assistance programs), </text></clause>
<clause id="HED4D72563474451790C86A517578064"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the administration of, or provision of benefits under, an employee benefit plan, or</text></clause>
<clause id="H96725509B3EB4A8F874959A61CA878A1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the sale, lease, merger, transfer, or exchange of a trade or business.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83CBB837F8684832BB1706BABC05562C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Display to the general public</header>
<subparagraph id="H9C1C04356A9247ABA86968BC3B36664F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>display to the general public</term> means, in connection with a social security account number, to intentionally place such number in a viewable manner on an Internet site that is available to the general public or to make such number available in any other manner intended to provide access to such number by the general public.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H536AB8B1E0FE451A8ECB1C5E10B452AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Internet transmissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any case in which a person requires, as a condition of doing business with such person, transmittal to such person of an individual’s social security account number by means of the Internet without reasonable provisions to ensure that such number is encrypted or otherwise secured from disclosure, any such transmittal of such number as so required shall be treated as a <quote>display to the general public</quote> of such number by such person.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CE40F6D16C54535898E9179486971A8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Social Security account number</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>social security account number</term> has the meaning given such term in section 208(c), except that such term includes any derivative of such number. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any expression, contained in or on any item sold or displayed to the general public, shall not be treated as a social security account number solely because such expression sets forth not more than the last 4 digits of such number, if the remainder of such number cannot be determined based solely on such expression or any other matter presented in or on such item.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H55B488EC1693455C00B34426339B1495"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition of sale, purchase, and display to the general public</header>
<paragraph id="HE217E9B8573149799E105BA6B19CF04" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7BAB133E06DE4871AB1953668D49602D" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sell or purchase a social security account number or display to the general public a social security account number, or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65D41CB3B6B64F178826012B41D8CEAD" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obtain or use any individual’s social security account number for the purpose of locating or identifying such individual with the intent to physically injure or harm such individual or using the identity of such individual for any illegal purpose.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H740D77A23E2B469D8DCAD60064131BC0" display-inline="no-display-inline" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), and subject to paragraph (3), a social security account number may be sold or purchased by any person to the extent provided in this subsection (and for no other purpose) as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A932EC9F556421DAA27AFA7D100456F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent necessary for law enforcement, including (but not limited to) the enforcement of a child support obligation, as determined under regulations issued as provided in section 205(c)(2)(I);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA0DCCD4B9A3142C099BA54A36779BE25"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent necessary for national security purposes, as determined under regulations issued as provided in section 205(c)(2)(I);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3CDEE90D79EB47FA83D0DF1DCFCCA8B6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to the extent necessary for public health purposes;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC0D8B1F8166D41A49CD7D782E9C3577E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent necessary in emergency situations to protect the health or safety of 1 or more individuals;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFEBF4B481473459983D756A8B441EC74"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to the extent that the sale or purchase is required to comply with a tax law of the United States or of any State (or political subdivision thereof);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE290CAAA45E4E2FA9F4F23107C9A98D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent that the sale or purchase is to or by a consumer reporting agency (as defined in section 603(f) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FCRA">Fair Credit Reporting Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681a">15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)</external-xref>)) for use or disclosure solely for permissible purposes described in section 604(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681b">15 U.S.C. 1681b(a)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79F291DC30EF4184A2D9280051D6F8AF"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to the extent necessary for research (other than market research) conducted by an agency or instrumentality of the United States or of a State or political subdivision thereof (or an agent of such an agency or instrumentality) for the purpose of advancing the public good, on the condition that the researcher provides adequate assurances that—</text>
<clause id="H81A167CB10584CBDB511E219F746452"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the social security account numbers will not be used to harass, target, or publicly reveal information concerning any identifiable individuals;</text></clause>
<clause id="H4066C8DCD38943E98CEBD03FE645D19D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information about identifiable individuals obtained from the research will not be used to make decisions that directly affect the rights, benefits, or privileges of specific individuals; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC55C21B47990414E8C7617753980FEA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the researcher has in place appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy and confidentiality of any information about identifiable individuals, including procedures to ensure that the social security account numbers will be encrypted or otherwise appropriately secured from unauthorized disclosure.</text></clause></subparagraph> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2872F26F2FC4448900489BE26352C6EA" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a social security account number assigned to an individual may be sold, purchased, or displayed to the general public by any person—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20DA9502D09C4C71B9C37F04690019E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the extent consistent with such individual’s voluntary and affirmative written consent to the sale, purchase, or display of the social security account number, but only if—</text>
<clause id="H009059CBC5974BD1AD57B209B9FEA120"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the terms of the consent and the right to refuse consent are presented to the individual in a clear, conspicuous, and understandable manner,</text></clause>
<clause id="H704CC54959B14FAEA9AF7515509055EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the individual is placed under no obligation to provide consent to any such sale, purchase, or display, and</text></clause>
<clause id="HFA416F255A294578BFD870E3653DF1A5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the terms of the consent authorize the individual to limit the sale, purchase, or display to purposes directly associated with the transaction with respect to which the consent is sought, and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3855811A01E46F10056654EC3515D13"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under such circumstances as may be deemed appropriate in regulations issued as provided under section 205(c)(2)(I).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8BA5A47A51064A8E896B7ED4AD1E7EE8" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In the case of social security account numbers which constitute personally identifiable medical information—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF8E5942DF3C043A6987BE0723FE7B503"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Commissioner of Social Security, with respect to medical research referred to in paragraph (3)(A), and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H934473BEF50144CEBFED1DA7E49BD14F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Attorney General of the United States, with respect to any medical research not referred to in paragraph (3)(A) but which is treated in regulations of the Attorney General issued pursuant to paragraph (3)(B), </text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall maintain ongoing consultation with the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that the sale or purchase of such social security account numbers is permitted only in compliance with existing Federal rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 2033).</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9D0D009601C5472782411555F82834B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition of unauthorized disclosure to government agencies or instrumentalities</header>
<paragraph id="H920641D304CB4615B45728ECC00BE70" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>It shall be unlawful for any person to communicate by any means to any agency or instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof the social security account number of any individual other than such person without the written permission of such individual, unless the number was requested by the agency or instrumentality. In the case of an individual who is legally incompetent, permission provided by the individual’s legal representatives shall be deemed to be permission provided by such individual.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A9C3A209FD340AEBC38024E5D52F6A5" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the extent necessary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCB77D1B3F26840BA82A619F4C78090AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for law enforcement, including (but not limited to) the enforcement of a child support obligation, or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC192988487B7465C9CF5FF4219EF14A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for national security purposes,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">as determined under regulations issued as provided under section 205(c)(2)(I).</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFBD6F2C7D42A419F9675FA015FBC4690"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition of the displays on cards or tags required for access to goods, services, or benefits</header><text>No person may display a social security account number on any card or tag issued to any other person for the purpose of providing such other person access to any goods, services, or benefits or include on such card or tag a magnetic strip, bar code, or other means of communication which conveys such number. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H33AF6622D92A412492BAE6DB6EFB6F1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prohibition of the displays on employee identification cards or tags</header><text>No person that is an employer, and no other person offering benefits in connection with an employee benefit plan maintained by such employer or acting as an agent of such employer, may display a social security account number on any card or tag that is commonly provided to employees of such employer (or to their family members) for purposes of identification or include on such card or tag a magnetic strip, bar code, or other means of communication which conveys such number.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB7C3B31E15FA437C93DFE61FCB00BFCD" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Measures to preclude unauthorized disclosure of social security account numbers and protect the confidentiality of such numbers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the preceding provisions of this section, any person having in such person’s records the social security account number of any individual other than such person shall, to the extent that such records are maintained for the conduct of such person’s trade or business—</text>
<paragraph id="H390C1FFD27E74FA6B8DFA1E33F9500CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that no officer or employee thereof has access to such number for any purpose other than as necessary for the conduct of such person’s trade or business,</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71FE767622A241049CE118D8FEA81032"><enum>(2)</enum><text>restrict, in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner, access to social security account numbers obtained thereby to officers and employees thereof whose duties or responsibilities require access for the conduct of such person’s trade or business, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAB3BF5040F54D3DB59B6BD8EE83DF78"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide such safeguards as may be specified, in regulations of the Commissioner, to be necessary or appropriate to preclude unauthorized access to the social security account number and to otherwise protect the confidentiality of such number.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H60345FA14AC7496582E964F818AD8441"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Deceased individuals</header><text>This section does not apply with respect to the social security account number of a deceased individual.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HE0BCD00247154B65B00751EAD8B4A75C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Criminal penalty</header><text>Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H41FDB614CD4E4F879837A5FF98670C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Applicability of other protections</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede, alter, or affect any restriction or limitation on the sale, purchase, display to the general public, or other disclosure of social security account numbers, provided in any Federal statute, regulation, order, or interpretation, if the restriction or limitation is greater than that provided under this section, as determined under applicable regulations issued by the Commissioner of Social Security or by the Attorney General of the United States or another agency or instrumentality of the United States as provided in section 205(c)(2)(I).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H089654182EFC4B34AF7DE04272B1468"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date and related rules</header>
<paragraph id="HF143D8C3DD654D958BC93199F5F738B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Initial final regulations prescribed to carry out the provisions of section 208A of the Social Security Act (added by this section) shall be issued not later than the last date of the 18th calendar month following the date of the enactment of this Act. Such provisions shall take effect, with respect to matters governed by such regulations issued by the Commissioner of Social Security, or (pursuant to section 205(c)(2)(I) of such Act (added by section 102)) by the Attorney General of the United States or any other agency or instrumentality of the United States, 1 year after the date of the issuance of such regulations by the Commissioner, the Attorney General, or such other agency or instrumentality, respectively. Section 208A(b) of such Act shall apply in the case of displays to the general public (as defined in section 208A(a)(3) of such Act) to such displays to the general public originally occurring after such 1-year period. Such provisions shall not apply with respect to any such display to the general public of a record (containing a social security account number (or any derivative thereof)) generated prior to the close of such 1-year period.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2CE21CD4C164A108749E775CE2537F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sunset of exception</header><text>The last sentence of section 208A(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (added by this section) shall cease to be effective with respect to sales, purchases, or displays to the general public occurring after 6 years after the 18th calendar month referred to in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HAF68B64BE44149E6B7D2B67B30773F6E"><enum>108.</enum><header>Confidential treatment of credit header information</header>
<subsection id="H87579E0E584E4AC18900D27B1D91C8DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 603 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FCRA">Fair Credit Reporting Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681a">15 U.S.C. 1681a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H4F8662C1EC944F429FD868A9473B44D"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Confidential treatment of credit header information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information regarding the social security account number of the consumer, or any derivative thereof, may not be furnished to any person by a consumer reporting agency other than in a full consumer report furnished for use or disclosure solely for permissible purposes described in section 604(a).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H95CC65308F704E78AC5CC0ABBADF0029"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H6F0D3542E7B640BDAF6434424F88A87F"><enum>109.</enum><header>Refusal to do business without receipt of social security account number considered unfair or deceptive Act or practice</header>
<subsection id="H4CF150D98C0E43C38206073423C5B256"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any person who refuses to do business with an individual because the individual will not consent to the receipt by such person of the social security account number of such individual shall be considered to have committed an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 5 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FTCA">Federal Trade Commission Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/45">15 U.S.C. 45</external-xref>). Action may be taken under such section 5 against such a person.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H91AC70632C54424C9B4700B2AC7D2FEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply to any person in any case in which such person is expressly required under Federal law, in connection with doing business with an individual, to submit to the Federal Government such individual’s social security account number.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H7FEB09A6EE1E416F8B00B6E764E2BD8C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The preceding provisions of this section shall apply with respect to acts or practices committed after 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Studies relating to the integrity of applications for social security account numbers and social security cards</header>
<section id="HAD1BA2CA6DA84E3581356609005148F3"><enum>201.</enum><header>Study relating to use of photographic identification in connection with applications for benefits, social security account numbers, and social security cards</header>
<subsection id="H5FB14766326B463D82A5A7E6ED017EC3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall undertake a study to—</text>
<paragraph id="HF055914223104501B3A942EEBFF314C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine the best method of requiring and obtaining photographic identification of applicants for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits under title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>, for a social security account number, or for a replacement social security card, and of providing for reasonable exceptions to any requirement for photographic identification of such applicants that may be necessary to promote efficient and effective administration of this title, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC453FF69350544F8A7DB37CAB73C0605"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate the benefits and costs of instituting such a requirement for photographic identification, including the degree to which the security and integrity of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program would be enhanced.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H245AAED2848B48F28FEB3339E71762F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate regarding the results of the study undertaken under paragraph (1). Such report shall contain such recommendations for legislative changes as the Commissioner considers necessary relating to requirements for photographic identification of applicants described in subsection (a).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HE223717EDB2D405D8DBDB3C4067CEB34"><enum>202.</enum><header>Study relating to modification of the social security account numbering system to show work authorization status</header>
<subsection id="HB9C1BB1493B7456B86F3CCE4E131EC9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall undertake a study to examine the best method of modifying the social security account number assigned to individuals who—</text>
<paragraph id="H5EAF8E667F70495E9040A6772605F39D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are not citizens of the United States,</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43F1B9F3265D413B800042F8CB4B56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have not been admitted for permanent residence, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67C6020AE9A94B8A9FF4497C68B75698"><enum>(3)</enum><text>are not authorized by the Secretary of Homeland Security to work in the United States, or are so authorized subject to one or more restrictions,</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">so as to include an indication of such lack of authorization to work or such restrictions on such an authorization.</continuation-text></subsection>
<subsection id="H647E1C61AAD446AE934098C242B8E03B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate regarding the results of the study undertaken under this section. Such report shall include the Commissioner’s recommendations of feasible options for modifying the social security account number in the manner described in subsection (a).</text></subsection></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<section id="HE62B844A17DC47068B05EDDB646BF364"><enum>301.</enum><header>New criminal penalties for misuse of social security account numbers</header>
<subsection id="H1B9ADD10269444E700F986C5EB0083F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 208(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/408">42 U.S.C. 408(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H59362C26D42648388B4DB4CAE550D0A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by adding after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H05F584ED9A9F4193BC3F3E15008B7393"><enum>(D)</enum><text>with intent to deceive, discloses, sells, or transfers his own social security account number, assigned to him by the Commissioner of Social Security (in the exercise of the Commissioner’s authority under section 205(c)(2) to establish and maintain records), to any person; or</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83BB1EF8D83E41388D3BFB17AA10FA18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA03210B0B50B4A43A3DC6585C7C2FADE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="H667F4AB39AF04EB200A0089FAB3D1E05"><enum>(9)</enum><text>without lawful authority, offers, for a fee, to acquire for any individual, or to assist in acquiring for any individual, an additional social security account number or a number that purports to be a social security account number; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5606D114D0B47749B3B50A83B924C92"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">being an officer or employee of any executive, legislative, or judicial agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or of a State or political subdivision thereof (or a person acting as an agent of such an agency or instrumentality), willfully acts or fails to act so as to cause a violation of section 205(c)(2)(C)(xi); or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF631C1FA48641D28D9C89C3017B80D2"><enum>(11)</enum><text>being an officer or employee of any executive, legislative, or judicial agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or of a State or political subdivision thereof (or a person acting as an agent of such an agency or instrumentality) in possession of any individual’s social security account number (or an officer or employee thereof or a person acting as an agent thereof), willfully acts or fails to act so as to cause a violation of clause (vi)(II), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), or (xiv) of section 205(c)(2)(C); or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA8C0601E66F9452A9EE1E66EB62BB66B"><enum>(12)</enum><text>being a trustee appointed in a case under title 11, United States Code (or an officer or employee thereof or a person acting as an agent thereof), willfully acts or fails to act so as to cause a violation of clause (x), (xi), or (xiv) of section 205(c)(2)(C);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H20C50C5E97AC4D278552E0CB3BA12D27"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective dates</header><text>Paragraphs (7)(D) and (9) of section 208(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (added by subsection (a)(2)) shall apply with respect to each violation occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act. Paragraphs (10), (11), and (12) of section 208(a) of such Act (added by subsection (a)(2)) shall apply with respect to each violation occurring on or after the effective date applicable with respect to such violation under title I.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HD9173C4905F84CC08C835D147B96003E"><enum>302.</enum><header>Extension of civil monetary penalty authority</header>
<subsection id="H2505061EACF84B3CB99CDF5BCA28C2CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application of civil money penalties to elements of criminal violations</header><text>Section 1129(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1320a-8">42 U.S.C. 1320a–8(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA45B0F27F5F442508E264BB6BC50043"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2D28C63748184328B34DE100D1C76F73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by designating the last sentence of paragraph (1) as a new paragraph (2), appearing after and below paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H775C48C5E8AB40F4B2DB5968E144BE86"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) (as designated under paragraph (2) of this subsection) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H742BC1C69E98469494CE3CD4243928BE" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any person (including an organization, agency, or other entity) who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3C91AF1C51F940B2A51F8F3423484100"><enum>(A)</enum><text>uses a social security account number that such person knows or should know has been assigned by the Commissioner of Social Security (in an exercise of authority under section 205(c)(2) to establish and maintain records) on the basis of false information furnished to the Commissioner by any person;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59E9A27FC2724E7E0094FCC147481045"><enum>(B)</enum><text>falsely represents a number to be the social security account number assigned by the Commissioner of Social Security to any individual, when such person knows or should know that such number is not the social security account number assigned by the Commissioner to such individual;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H20108FCA30D1478F0094BEF98D3BCC9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>knowingly alters a social security card issued by the Commissioner of Social Security, or possesses such a card with intent to alter it;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H044884280359490F8976A5BECFCB47D8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>knowingly buys or sells a card that is, or purports to be, a card issued by the Commissioner of Social Security, or possesses such a card with intent to buy or sell it;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2060811C8FDA48EAB643824045405FDE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>counterfeits a social security card, or possesses a counterfeit social security card with intent to buy or sell it;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDECE3ACD253C4CAC81E001ECF03B726"><enum>(F)</enum><text>discloses, uses, compels the disclosure of, or knowingly sells or purchases the social security account number of any person in violation of the laws of the United States;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2A68060E2E554D58920466002E9FDA35"><enum>(G)</enum><text>with intent to deceive the Commissioner of Social Security as to such person’s true identity (or the true identity of any other person), furnishes or causes to be furnished false information to the Commissioner with respect to any information required by the Commissioner in connection with the establishment and maintenance of the records provided for in section 205(c)(2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6010D3CA9E141788F610008E1B6C99C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>without lawful authority, offers, for a fee, to acquire for any individual, or to assist in acquiring for any individual, an additional social security account number or a number which purports to be a social security account number;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A24879AA7A24E8D9E4E35128E444200"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with intent to deceive, discloses, sells, or transfers his own social security account number, assigned to him by the Commissioner of Social Security under section 205(c)(2)(B), to any person;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA1CA8F3C2E44758B77B9DDE6D2907FA"><enum>(J)</enum><text>being an officer or employee of any executive, legislative, or judicial agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or of a State or political subdivision thereof (or a person acting as an agent of such an agency or instrumentality), in possession of any individual’s social security account number, willfully acts or fails to act so as to cause a violation of clause (vi)(II), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), or (xiv) of section 205(c)(2)(C);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E413B322A3F4489BDF81FC40094A094"><enum>(K)</enum><text>being a trustee appointed in a case under title 11, United States Code (or an officer or employee thereof or a person acting as an agent thereof), willfully acts or fails to act so as to cause a violation of clause (x), (xi), or (xiv) of section 205(c)(2)(C);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6E7DCD7C517A42139C00B5E64DFA38EB"><enum>(L)</enum><text>violates section 208A (relating to prohibition of the sale, purchase, or display of the social security account number in the private sector); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA226E638900642D5872B00429571CA9B"><enum>(M)</enum><text>violates section 208B (relating to fraud by social security administration employees);</text><continuation-text continuation-text-level="section">shall be subject to, in addition to any other penalties that may be prescribed by law, a civil money penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation. Such person shall also be subject to an assessment, in lieu of damages sustained by the United States resulting from such violation, of not more than twice the amount of any benefits or payments paid as a result of such violation.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4A2D48C8890B4A8795C370B555413444"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective dates</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to violations committed after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that subparagraphs (J), (K), (L), and (M) of section 1129(a)(3) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (added by subsection (a)) shall apply with respect to violations occurring on or after the effective date provided in connection with such violations under title I.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0CB1E49B8C864323B68F008B51F416C0"><enum>303.</enum><header>Criminal penalties for employees of the Social Security Administration who knowingly and fraudulently issue social security cards or social security account numbers</header>
<subsection id="H53FDBE560DFD42DBABADD7AD7D1EFF5B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act) is amended further by inserting after section 208A the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H5984658903AE473ABFE2734E1474A734"><enum>208B.</enum><header>Fraud by Social Security Administration employees</header>
<subsection id="HB221E632CB7C408C8E34C8E7BB93D066" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Whoever is an employee of the Social Security Administration and knowingly and fraudulently sells or transfers one or more social security account numbers or social security cards shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned as provided in subsection (b), or both.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H55D6A3F89E3E45EBB4A3A8201762B264"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Imprisonment for a violation described in subsection (a) shall be for—</text>
<paragraph id="H35B3025AE9464140006F9301CC711DCD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than 1 year and up to 5 years, in the case of an employee of the Social Security Administration who has fraudulently sold or transferred not more than 50 social security account numbers or social security cards,</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H46F955E20F1644AAA1F35C81294DFEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not less than 5 years and up to 10 years, in the case of an employee of the Social Security Administration who has fraudulently sold or transferred more than 50, but not more than 100, social security account numbers or social security cards, or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6090B6C667724228A8694EA6B2C57942"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not less than 10 years and up to 20 years, in the case of an employee of the Social Security Administration who has fraudulently sold or transferred more than 100 social security account numbers or social security cards.</text> </paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H021ADC58110242E2BBA75901DB7DBD5"><enum>(c)</enum><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H087BE4C9F88D4B8794B9FFD46BF47A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>social security employee</term> means any State employee of a State disability determination service, any officer, employee, or contractor of the Social Security Administration, any employee of such a contractor, or any volunteer providing services or assistance in any facility of the Social Security Administration.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F40E0A825F848EFAED715D0A5B967B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>social security account number</term> means a social security account number assigned by the Commissioner of Social Security under section 205(c)(2)(B) or another number that has not been so assigned but is purported to have been so assigned.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H232B65EC659C408D8093E3CADCA83BFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>social security card</term> means a card issued by the Commissioner of Social Security under section 205(c)(2)(G), another card which has not been so issued but is purported to have been so issued, and banknote paper of the type described in section 205(c)(2)(G) prepared for the entry of social security account numbers, whether fully completed or not.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD16975E87F3746F6884F6C5C4E38082D"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Any employee of the Social Security Administration who attempts or conspires to commit any violation of this section shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the violation the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HFBD22B312FED4CC5BBDF33DFECE7B222"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to violations occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H6163DD52C9754173BFEF28B41234E600"><enum>304.</enum><header>Enhanced penalties in cases of terrorism, drug trafficking, crimes of violence, or prior offenses</header>
<subsection id="HB0A1A12FE43E43ED87EF612C2E98F58B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments to title II</header><text>Section 208 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/408">42 U.S.C. 408</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H510410D5C9444E5595EF3B815700F5C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>shall be fined</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following: <quote>shall be fined, imprisoned, or both, as provided in subsection (b).</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF3323588BA142D8A2B8D4BE00A74F55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3CA685A2B26A418CA9111DA55FE846E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C24BE34AB1746F6B9A3392F6BE35DE8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H6BEB8623EF714C229CA0250021253382"><enum>(b)</enum><text>A person convicted of a violation described in subsection (a) shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H0B1FCA347AE544809F9B9B825BE917D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, in the case of an initial violation, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4),</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DED9979890F49559B891708DB561DF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both, in the case of a violation which occurs after a prior conviction for another offense under subsection (a) becomes final, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4),</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5B8495D29714B5486D22928196ECBC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, in the case of a violation which is committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/929">section 929(a)(2)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code) or in connection with a crime of violence (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/924">section 924(c)(3)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code), subject to paragraph (4), and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8506517FE4F4C010029D171E5FAC691"><enum>(4)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 25 years, in the case of a violation which is committed to facilitate an act of international or domestic terrorism (as defined in paragraphs (1) and (5), respectively, of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2331">section 2331</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H2B3A4757A453435CA1A31BB516ECE52"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments to title VIII</header><text>Section 811 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1011">42 U.S.C. 1011</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3C05FC70F43C4630BB6B003FFA300015"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>shall be fined</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>shall be fined, imprisoned, or both, as provided in subsection (b).</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F048C13FBDA4D3483F13D8500F400F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2365986189D447069B8406B7364C88E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H0C96B4555D1B4FFE81F401D9E099129"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Punishment</header><text>A person convicted of a violation described in subsection (a) shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H669A1CE5F6E745EB8DBDA4086298D983"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, in the case of an initial violation, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4),</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F282539C11D42E9B7F8B7FD52DA01A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both, in the case of a violation which occurs after a prior conviction for another offense under subsection (a) becomes final, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4),</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H41D1C8FA27C04F9200A828AA6FE60000"><enum>(3)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, in the case of a violation which is committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/929">section 929(a)(2)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code) or in connection with a crime of violence (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/924">section 924(c)(3)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code), subject to paragraph (4), and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96050FD22EB14AF989211BC9E9F7D566"><enum>(4)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 25 years, in the case of a violation which is committed to facilitate an act of international or domestic terrorism (as defined in paragraphs (1) and (5), respectively, of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2331">section 2331</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB066427E63794BFD9D65AD12B86BEB00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendments to title XVI</header><text>Section 1632 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1383a">42 U.S.C. 1383a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3EF50D17D49741A39836921EA9826048"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>shall be fined</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>shall be fined, imprisoned, or both, as provided in subsection (b).</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF20A4A4AC80240B5A6A1BF5EFA202CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H870662F3BEA84DCCB2C8EA8300C5FADB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HC6417FDCFC3A4D5100AF548DF1F6059"><enum>(b)</enum><text>A person convicted of a violation described in subsection (a) shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E05149BD1494D6FB249953962F08B1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, in the case of an initial violation, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4),</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52B7FF09C89B45F0A6702CC1D3C2943C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both, in the case of a violation which occurs after a prior conviction for another offense under subsection (a) becomes final, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4),</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC66DF514ADB34CD498B8281B234C98E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, in the case of a violation which is committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/929">section 929(a)(2)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code) or in connection with a crime of violence (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/924">section 924(c)(3)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code), subject to paragraph (4), and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H31668824A2D04DD0969ECDF54EE0B3A4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 25 years, in the case of a violation which is committed to facilitate an act of international or domestic terrorism (as defined in paragraphs (1) and (5), respectively, of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2331">section 2331</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1ED7BB88742044BFB2B154199343A6AD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to violations occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>