[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4390. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. 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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