[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 59 (Thursday, April 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S4453]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 842. Mr. ALLARD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 372, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management 
Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of title V, insert the following:

     SEC. 509. SHARING OF SOCIAL SECURITY DATA FOR IMMIGRATION 
                   ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.

       (a) Social Security Account Numbers.--Section 264(f) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1304(f)) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including 
     section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Labor, and 
     the Attorney General are authorized to require an individual 
     to provide the individual's social security account number 
     for purposes of inclusion in any record of the individual 
     maintained by either such Secretary or the Attorney General, 
     or of inclusion in any application, document, or form 
     provided under or required by the immigration laws.''.
       (b) Exchange of Information.--Section 290(c) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1360(c)) is amended 
     by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986), if earnings are reported on or after January 1, 1997, 
     to the Social Security Administration on a social security 
     account number issued to an alien not authorized to work in 
     the United States, the Commissioner of Social Security shall 
     provide the Secretary of Homeland Security with information 
     regarding the name, date of birth, and address of the alien, 
     the name and address of the person reporting the earnings, 
     and the amount of the earnings.
       ``(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) shall 
     be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by the 
     Commissioner and the Secretary.
       ``(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986), if a social security account number was used with 
     multiple names, the Commissioner of Social Security shall 
     provide the Secretary of Homeland Security with information 
     regarding the name, date of birth, and address of each 
     individual who used that social security account number, and 
     the name and address of the person reporting the earnings for 
     each individual who used that social security account number.
       ``(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) shall 
     be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by the 
     Commissioner and the Secretary for the sole purpose of 
     enforcing the immigration laws.
       ``(C) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commissioner, 
     may limit or modify the requirements of this paragraph, as 
     appropriate, to identify the cases posing the highest 
     possibility of fraudulent use of social security account 
     numbers related to violation of the immigration laws.
       ``(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986), if more than one person reports earnings for an 
     individual during a single tax year, the Commissioner of 
     Social Security shall provide the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security information regarding the name, date of birth, and 
     address of the individual, and the name and address of the 
     each person reporting earnings for that individual.
       ``(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) shall 
     be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by the 
     Commissioner and the Secretary for the sole purpose of 
     enforcing the immigration laws.
       ``(C) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commissioner, 
     may limit or modify the requirements of this paragraph, as 
     appropriate, to identify the cases posing the highest 
     possibility of fraudulent use of social security account 
     numbers related to violation of the immigration laws.
       ``(5)(A) The Commissioner of Social Security shall perform, 
     at the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security, a 
     search or manipulation of records held by the Commissioner if 
     the Secretary certifies that the purpose of the search or 
     manipulation is to obtain information that is likely to 
     assist in identifying individuals (and their employers) who 
     are using false names or social security account numbers, who 
     are sharing a single valid name and social security account 
     number among multiple individuals, who are using the social 
     security account number of a person who is deceased, too 
     young to work, or not authorized to work, or who are 
     otherwise engaged in a violation of the immigration laws. The 
     Commissioner shall provide the results of such search or 
     manipulation to the Secretary, notwithstanding any other 
     provision law (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986).
       ``(B) The Secretary shall transfer to the Commissioner the 
     funds necessary to cover the costs directly incurred by the 
     Commissioner in carrying out each search or manipulation 
     requested by the Secretary under subparagraph (A).''.
       (c) False Claims of Citizenship or Nationality.--Section 
     212(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)) is amended--
       (1) in the heading, by inserting ``or nationality'' after 
     ``citizenship''; and
       (2) in subclause (I), by inserting ``or national'' after 
     ``citizen''.

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