[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5854 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5854

  To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit access of 
             prisoners to Social Security account numbers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2010

   Mr. Pomeroy (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Lewis of 
 Georgia, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Kind, Mr. Crowley, 
  Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. 
    Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Herger, Mr. Linder, and Mr. Roskam) 
 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 access of 
             prisoners to 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 ``No Prisoner Access to Social 
Security Numbers Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ACCESS OF PRISONERS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT 
              NUMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new clause:
    ``(x)(I) No governmental entity may employ, or enter into or 
maintain 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 (or any derivatives of such 
numbers).
    ``(II) For purposes of this clause, the term `prisoner' means an 
individual confined in a jail, prison, or other penal institution or 
correctional facility.
    ``(III) For purposes of this clause, the term `governmental entity' 
means an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or of a 
State or political subdivision thereof or a federally recognized Indian 
tribe. Such term includes a person acting as an agent of such an agency 
or instrumentality or Indian tribe. For purposes of this subclause, the 
term `State' includes an entity referred to in subparagraph 
(D)(iii)(II).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments 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.
            (2) Treatment of current arrangements.--In the case of--
                    (A) prisoners employed as described in clause (x) 
                of section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (as 
                added by this section) on the date of the enactment of 
                this Act, and
                    (B) contracts described in such clause in effect on 
                such date,
        the amendments made by this section shall take effect 90 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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