[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 531 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 531

   To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that the 
 Commissioner of Social Security notify individuals of improper use of 
                 their Social Security account numbers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2009

 Mrs. Myrick 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 require that the 
 Commissioner of Social Security notify individuals of improper use of 
                 their Social Security account numbers.

    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 Fraudulent 
Use Notification Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS OF IMPROPER USE OF THEIR SOCIAL 
              SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS.

    Section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(I) In any case in which the Commissioner of Social Security 
determines that--
            ``(i) the social security account number in the wage 
        records provided to the Social Security Administration by an 
        employer with respect to any employee does not match relevant 
        records otherwise maintained by the Social Security 
        Administration, or
            ``(ii) the social security account number issued to an 
        individual has otherwise been used by any other person in a 
        fraudulent or otherwise illegal manner,
the Commissioner shall promptly provide the individual (if any) to whom 
such social security account number was issued with written 
notification of the Commissioner's determination.''.
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