[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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