[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2472 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2472

  To prevent the fraudulent use of social security account numbers by 
  allowing the sharing of social security data among agencies of the 
United States for identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement 
                   purposes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2009

 Mr. Coffman of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
 Burton of Indiana, Mr. Poe of Texas, and Mr. Lamborn) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prevent the fraudulent use of social security account numbers by 
  allowing the sharing of social security data among agencies of the 
United States for identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement 
                   purposes, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Social Security Number Fraud and 
Identity Theft Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. SHARING OF SOCIAL SECURITY DATA FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT 
              PURPOSES.

    (a) Social Security Account Numbers.--Section 264(f) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1304(f)) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including section 
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of Labor, and the Attorney General are 
authorized to require an individual to provide the individual's social 
security account number for purposes of inclusion in any record of the 
individual maintained by either such Secretary or the Attorney General, 
or of inclusion in any application, document, or form provided under or 
required by the immigration laws.''.
    (b) Exchange of Information.--Section 290(c) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1360(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following new paragraphs:
    ``(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including 
section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), if earnings are 
reported on or after January 1, 1997, to the Social Security 
Administration on a social security account number issued to an alien 
not authorized to work in the United States, the Commissioner of Social 
Security shall provide the Secretary of Homeland Security with 
information regarding the name, date of birth, and address of the 
alien, the name and address of the person reporting the earnings, and 
the amount of the earnings.
    ``(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) shall be 
provided in an electronic form agreed upon by the Commissioner and the 
Secretary.
    ``(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including 
section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), if the Commissioner 
of Social Security determines that a social security account number has 
been used with multiple names, the Commissioner shall provide the 
Secretary of Homeland Security with information regarding the name, 
date of birth, and address of each individual who used that social 
security account number, and the name and address of the person 
reporting the earnings for each individual who used that social 
security account number.
    ``(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) shall be 
provided in an electronic form agreed upon by the Commissioner and the 
Secretary for the sole purpose of enforcing the immigration laws.
    ``(C) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commissioner, may 
limit or modify the requirements of this paragraph, as appropriate, to 
identify the cases posing the highest possibility of fraudulent use of 
social security account numbers related to violation of the immigration 
laws.
    ``(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including 
section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), if more than one 
person reports to the Commissioner of Social Security earnings for an 
individual during a single tax year, the Commissioner shall provide the 
Secretary of Homeland Security information regarding the name, date of 
birth, and address of the individual, and the name and address of each 
person reporting earnings for that individual.
    ``(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) shall be 
provided in an electronic form agreed upon by the Commissioner and the 
Secretary for the sole purpose of enforcing the immigration laws.
    ``(C) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commissioner, may 
limit or modify the requirements of this paragraph, as appropriate, to 
identify the cases posing the highest possibility of fraudulent use of 
social security account numbers related to violation of the immigration 
laws.
    ``(5)(A) The Commissioner of Social Security shall perform, at the 
request of the Secretary of Homeland Security, a search or manipulation 
of records held by the Commissioner if the Secretary certifies that the 
purpose of the search or manipulation is to obtain information that is 
likely to assist in identifying individuals (and their employers) who 
are using false names or social security account numbers, who are 
sharing a single valid name and social security account number among 
multiple individuals, who are using the social security account number 
of a person who is deceased, too young to work, or not authorized to 
work, or who are otherwise engaged in a violation of the immigration 
laws. The Commissioner shall provide the results of such search or 
manipulation to the Secretary, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
    ``(B) The Secretary shall transfer to the Commissioner the funds 
necessary to cover the costs directly incurred by the Commissioner in 
carrying out each search or manipulation requested by the Secretary 
under subparagraph (A).''.
    (c) False Claims of Citizenship by Nationals of the United 
States.--Section 212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I)) is amended by inserting ``or 
national'' after ``citizen''.
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