[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16442]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  THE NO SOCIAL SECURITY FOR NAZIS ACT

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 2, 2014

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, this is one of the rare occasions where the 
name of the bill speaks for itself.
  The No Social Security for Nazis Act is designed to close a loophole 
that has allowed some Nazi persecutors and their collaborators in the 
Holocaust to receive Social Security benefits. By leaving the country 
before they were officially deported, these people were able to keep 
their Social Security benefits. It is unbearable that those responsible 
for the deaths of millions during the Holocaust continue to receive 
Social Security benefits due to this loophole.
  This legislation stops benefit payments to Nazi persecutors and 
ensures that these individuals do not receive spousal benefits from 
marrying a Social Security beneficiary or through other channels. 
Congress never intended for Nazi war criminals and collaborators to be 
able to receive Social Security benefits. This bipartisan legislation 
reaffirms that intent.
  Social Security is an earned benefit, and it is our job in Congress 
to preserve and protect it. We must stop these inappropriate payments 
now, and that is exactly what this legislation does. I thank 
Representatives Johnson and Becerra and the work of Representatives 
Carolyn Maloney, Jason Chaffetz and Leonard Lance, and all others for 
their leadership on this legislation.

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