[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3063 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3063

   To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to discontinue using 
Social Security account numbers to identify individuals, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 16, 2016

Ms. Baldwin (for herself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to discontinue using 
Social Security account numbers to identify individuals, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Veterans' Identity Theft Protection 
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. DISCONTINUATION BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF USE OF 
              SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS TO IDENTIFY VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall discontinue using Social 
Security account numbers to identify individuals in all information 
systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs as follows:
            (1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs new claims for benefits under laws 
        administered by the Secretary, not later than two years after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) For all individuals not described in paragraph (1), not 
        later than five years after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
    (b) Exception.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a Social 
Security account number to identify an individual in an information 
system of the Department of Veterans Affairs if and only if the use of 
such number is required to obtain information the Secretary requires 
from an information system that is not under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary.
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