[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4145 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4145

 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the issuance 
   of Social Security account numbers to nonimmigrant aliens who are 
  admitted to the United States as students in order to pursue a full 
 course of study or their spouses or minor children unless such aliens 
 are applicants for or recipients of benefits under a program financed 
                       by the Federal Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2009

   Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the issuance 
   of Social Security account numbers to nonimmigrant aliens who are 
  admitted to the United States as students in order to pursue a full 
 course of study or their spouses or minor children unless such aliens 
 are applicants for or recipients of benefits under a program financed 
                       by the Federal Government.

    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 ``Foreign Students Social Security 
Numbers Reform Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ISSUANCE OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS TO 
              NONIMMIGRANT ALIENS ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES AS 
              STUDENTS, OR THEIR SPOUSES OR MINOR CHILDREN, EXCEPT IN 
              CONNECTION WITH BENEFITS UNDER A FEDERAL PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 205(c)(2)(B)((i)(I) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B)(i)(I)) is amended by striking 
``employment;'' and inserting ``employment, except that the 
Commissioner shall not issue a Social Security account number to any 
nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15)(F) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act unless such alien is an individual 
described in subclause (II);''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to Social Security account numbers issued after 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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