[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2920 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2920
To deny Social Security benefits and other benefits to individuals who
participated in Nazi persecution.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 13, 2014
Mr. Casey (for himself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Nelson) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Finance
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A BILL
To deny Social Security benefits and other benefits to individuals who
participated in Nazi persecution.
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 ``Nazi Social Security Benefits
Termination Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States of America serves as a beacon of
refuge to thousands of victims fleeing religious, ethnic,
racial, and other forms of persecution around the world and has
become the home to thousands of survivors of the Nazi
Holocaust.
(2) In order to safeguard the integrity of the refugee and
asylum system that has provided safety to those who fled the
Holocaust, and in order to ensure that those survivors do not
have to share their adopted homeland with their former
persecutors, the policy of the United States has been that this
country should not provide safe haven for those who
participated in acts of Nazi persecution.
(3) Congress enacted laws specifically to exclude or to
remove participants of Nazi persecution from the United States
and never intended that those individuals should be entitled to
the benefits of citizenship or residency.
SEC. 3. DENIAL OF FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFITS TO NAZI PERSECUTORS.
(a) In General.--The following paragraphs shall apply
notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(1) Social security benefits.--A participant in Nazi
persecution is not eligible for any benefit under sections 202
or 223 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402; 423).
(2) Supplemental security income benefits.--A participant
in Nazi persecution is not eligible for any benefit under title
XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.),
including any supplemental payment pursuant to an agreement for
Federal administration under section 1616(a) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1382e) and any payment pursuant to an agreement entered
into under section 212 of Public Law 93-66.
(b) Participant in Nazi Persecution Defined.--In this Act, the term
``participant in Nazi persecution'' means an individual--
(1) with respect to whom an order admitting the individual
to citizenship has been revoked under section 340 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act in any case in which such
revocation is based on conduct described in section
212(a)(3)(E)(i) of such Act (relating to participation in Nazi
persecution); or
(2) who has lost status as a national of the United States
by voluntary renunciation under section 349(a)(5) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act pursuant to a settlement
agreement entered into with the Attorney General in a matter in
which such individual has admitted to conduct described in
section 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of such Act (relating to participation
in Nazi persecution).
(c) Notification of Disqualification.--As soon as practicable after
the Attorney General determines that an individual is a participant in
Nazi persecution, the Attorney General shall notify the Commissioner of
Social Security of the identity and residence of such individual.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to
benefits for months beginning after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 4. REPORT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Attorney General
shall, in cooperation with the Commissioner of Social Security, submit
to Congress a report that includes the following with respect to the
year preceding the submission of such report--
(1) an identification of the total number of individuals
that the Attorney General has determined to be participants in
Nazi persecution;
(2) an identification of the total number of individuals--
(A) with respect to whom the Attorney General
pursued revocation of citizenship under section 340 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act based on conduct
described in section 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of such Act
(relating to participation in Nazi persecution) and
such revocation was denied; and
(B) with respect to whom the Attorney General
pursued a settlement agreement with such individual for
voluntary renunciation of status as a national of the
United States in which such individual admitted to
conduct described in section 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of such
Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution) and
such agreement was not completed;
(3) an identification of the total number of individuals
with respect to whom the Attorney General is actively
investigating participation in Nazi persecution;
(4) an identification of the total number of individuals
with respect to whom the Attorney General has submitted a
notification of disqualification to the Commissioner of Social
Security as required under section 3(c); and
(5) an accounting of the amount and frequency of payments
under sections 202 or 223 of the Social Security Act, title XVI
of the Social Security Act, or section 212 of Public Law 93-66
that were received by each participant in Nazi persecution
prior to the date on which the Commissioner of Social Security
received the notification of disqualification for such
individual as required under section 3(c).
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