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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2418 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2418

 To amend the Social Security Act to prohibit an individual who is the 
 subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving 
          various cash benefits under the Social Security Act.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2013

Mr. Griffin of Arkansas (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, and Mr. 
  Reichert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Social Security Act to prohibit an individual who is the 
 subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving 
          various cash benefits under the Social Security Act.

    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 ``Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REVISIONS TO PROVISIONS LIMITING PAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO 
              FUGITIVE FELONS UNDER TITLES II, VIII, AND XVI OF THE 
              SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.

    (a) Title II Amendments.--
            (1) Fugitive felon warrant requirement.--Section 
        202(x)(1)(A)(iv) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        402(x)(1)(A)(iv)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``fleeing to avoid'' and inserting 
                ``the subject of an arrest warrant for the purpose 
                of'';
                    (B) by striking ``the place from which the person 
                flees'' the first place it appears and inserting ``the 
                jurisdiction issuing the warrant''; and
                    (C) by striking ``the place from which the person 
                flees'' the second place it appears and inserting ``the 
                jurisdiction''.
            (2) Probation and parole violator warrant requirement.--
        Section 202(x)(1)(A)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        402(x)(1)(A)(v)) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(v) is the subject of an arrest warrant 
                        for violating a condition of probation or 
                        parole imposed under Federal or State law.''.
    (b) Title VIII Amendments.--
            (1) Fugitive felon warrant requirement.--Section 804(a)(2) 
        of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1004(a)(2)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``fleeing to avoid'' and inserting 
                ``the subject of an arrest warrant for the purpose 
                of'';
                    (B) by striking ``the jurisdiction within the 
                United States from which the person has fled'' and 
                inserting ``any jurisdiction within the United 
                States''; and
                    (C) by striking ``place from which the person has 
                fled'' and inserting ``jurisdiction issuing the 
                warrant''.
            (2) Probation and parole warrant requirement.--Section 
        804(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1004(a)(3)) is 
        amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) during any part of which the individual is the 
        subject of an arrest warrant for violating a condition of 
        probation or parole imposed under Federal or State law; or''.
            (3) Disclosure.--Section 804 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1004) 
        is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a of title 5, 
United States Code, or any other provision of Federal or State law 
(other than section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
section 1106(c) of this Act), the Commissioner shall furnish any 
Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer, upon written request 
of the officer, with the current address, Social Security number, and 
photograph (if applicable) of any individual who is a recipient of (or 
would be such a recipient but for the application of paragraph (2) or 
(3) of subsection (a)) benefits under this title, if the officer 
furnishes the Commissioner with the name of the individual and other 
identifying information as reasonably required by the Commissioner to 
establish the unique identity of the individual, and notifies the 
Commissioner that--
            ``(1) the individual is described in paragraph (2) or (3) 
        of subsection (a); and
            ``(2) the location or apprehension of such individual is 
        within the officer's official duties.''.
    (c) Title XVI Amendments.--
            (1) Fugitive felon warrant requirement.--Section 
        1611(e)(4)(A)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(4)(A)(i)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``fleeing to avoid'' and inserting 
                ``the subject of an arrest warrant for the purpose 
                of'';
                    (B) by striking ``the place from which the person 
                flees'' the first place it appears and inserting ``the 
                jurisdiction issuing the warrant''; and
                    (C) by striking ``the place from which the person 
                flees'' the second place it appears and inserting ``the 
                jurisdiction''.
            (2) Probation and parole warrant requirement.--Section 
        1611(e)(4)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1382(e)(4)(A)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(ii) the subject of an arrest warrant for 
                        violating a condition of probation or parole 
                        imposed under Federal or State law''.
            (3) Disclosure.--Section 1611(e)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1382(e)(5)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``any recipient of'' and inserting 
                ``any individual who is a recipient of (or would be 
                such a recipient but for the application of paragraph 
                (4)(A)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the recipient'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``the individual''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall be effective with respect to 
benefits payable under the Social Security Act for months that begin 
after 270 days following the date of enactment of this Act.
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