[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1474 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1474

    To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
 reissuance of Social Security account numbers to children in cases in 
     which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2015

  Mr. Marchant (for himself and Mr. Doggett) 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 provide for the 
 reissuance of Social Security account numbers to children in cases in 
     which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised.

    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 Child Protection Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REISSUANCE OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS TO YOUNG CHILDREN 
              IN CASES WHERE CONFIDENTIALITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED.

    Section 205(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
405(c)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
            (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new 
        clause:
    ``(iii) In any case in which a Social Security account number has 
been issued to a child who has not attained the age of 14 pursuant to 
subclause (IV) or (V) of clause (i) and it is demonstrated to the 
Commissioner of Social Security by a parent or guardian of the child 
that--
            ``(I) in the course of transmission of documentation of 
        such number to the child, the confidentiality of such number 
        has been compromised by reason of theft of such documentation, 
        or
            ``(II) in the course of public disclosure of information 
        regarding deceased individuals maintained by the Commissioner 
        of Social Security, the confidentiality of such number has been 
        compromised by reason of the inclusion of such number by 
        mistake as part of such public disclosure,
the Commissioner shall issue a new Social Security account number to 
such child and make note in the records maintained with respect to such 
child of the pertinent information received by the Commissioner 
regarding the theft of the documentation of the original number or the 
mistaken public disclosure of the original number.''.
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