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[S. 3789 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3789

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten


                                 An Act


 
           To limit access 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 ``Social Security Number Protection 
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER PROTECTION.
    (a) Prohibition of Use of Social Security Account Numbers on Checks 
Issued for Payment by Governmental Agencies.--
        (1) 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:
    ``(x) No Federal, State, or local agency may display the Social 
Security account number of any individual, or any derivative of such 
number, on any check issued for any payment by the Federal, State, or 
local agency.''.
        (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
    shall apply with respect to checks issued after the date that is 3 
    years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Prohibition of Inmate Access to Social Security Account 
Numbers.--
        (1) In general.--Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security 
    Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) (as amended by subsection (a)) is 
    amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(xi) No Federal, State, or local agency 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 
`prisoner' means an individual confined in a jail, prison, or other 
penal institution or correctional facility pursuant to such 
individual's conviction of a criminal offense.''.
        (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
    shall apply with respect to employment of prisoners, or entry into 
    contract with prisoners, after the date that is 1 year after the 
    date of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.