[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[February 10, 1992]
[Page 220]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Memorandum on Social Security Card Changes

February 10, 1992
Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human Services

Subject: Delegation of Authority to Report to the Congress and to 
Publish in the Federal Register Proposed Changes in the Social Security 
Number Card

    Section 205(c)(2)(F) of the Social Security Act (section 
405(c)(2)(F) of title 42 of the United States Code) directs the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue Social Security number 
cards to individuals who are assigned Social Security numbers.
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 
274A(d)(3)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the ``Act'') 
(section 1324a(d)(3)(A) of title 8 of the United States Code) and 
section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to 
provide for the delegation of certain functions under the Act, I hereby:
    (1) Authorize you to prepare and transmit, to the Committee on the 
        Judiciary and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
        Representatives and to the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
        Committee on Finance of the Senate, a written report regarding 
        the substance of any proposed change in Social Security number 
        cards, to the extent required by section 274A(d)(3)(A) of the 
        Act, and
    (2) Authorize you to cause to have printed in the Federal Register 
        the substance of any change in the Social Security number card 
        so proposed and reported to the designated congressional 
        committees, to the extent required by section 274A(d)(3)(A) of 
        the Act.
    The authority delegated by this memorandum may be further 
redelegated within the Department of Health and Human Services.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in 
the Federal Register.

                                                             George Bush

                    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 1:14 
                        p.m., June 5, 1992]