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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Control Unlawful Fu5 gitive Felons Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REVISIONS TO PROVISIONS LIMITING PAYMENT OF 

2 BENEFITS TO FUGITIVE FELONS UNDER TI3 TLES II, VIII, AND XVI OF THE SOCIAL SECU4 RITY ACT. 

5 (a) TITLE II AMENDMENTS.— 

6 (1) FUGITIVE FELON WARRANT REQUIRE7 MENT.—Section 202(x)(1)(A)(iv) of the Social Secu8 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)(iv)) is amended— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘fleeing to avoid’’ and in10 serting ‘‘the subject of an arrest warrant for 

11 the purpose of’’; 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘the place from which the 

13 person flees’’ the first place it appears and in14 serting ‘‘the jurisdiction issuing the warrant’’; 

15 and 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘the place from which the 

17 person flees’’ the second place it appears and 

18 inserting ‘‘the jurisdiction’’. 

19 (2) PROBATION AND PAROLE VIOLATOR WAR20 RANT REQUIREMENT.—Section 202(x)(1)(A)(v) of 

21 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)(v)) 

22 is amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(v) is the subject of an arrest war24 rant for violating a condition of probation 

25 or parole imposed under Federal or State 

26 law.’’. 


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1 (b) TITLE VIII AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (1) FUGITIVE FELON WARRANT REQUIRE3 MENT.—Section 804(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 1004(a)(2)) is amended— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘fleeing to avoid’’ and in6 serting ‘‘the subject of an arrest warrant for 

7 the purpose of’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘the jurisdiction within the 

9 United States from which the person has fled’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘any jurisdiction within the 

11 United States’’; and 

12 (C) by striking ‘‘place from which the per13 son has fled’’ and inserting ‘‘jurisdiction issuing 

14 the warrant’’. 

15 (2) PROBATION AND PAROLE WARRANT RE16 QUIREMENT.—Section 804(a)(3) of the Social Secu17 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1004(a)(3)) is amended to read 

18 as follows: 

19 ‘‘(3) during any part of which the individual is 

20 the subject of an arrest warrant for violating a con21 dition of probation or parole imposed under Federal 

22 or State law; or’’. 

23 (3) DISCLOSURE.—Section 804 of such Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 1004) is amended by adding at the end the 

25 following: 


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1 ‘‘(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a 

2 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 

3 Federal or State law (other than section 6103 of the Inter4 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 1106(c) of this 

5 Act), the Commissioner shall furnish any Federal, State, 

6 or local law enforcement officer, upon written request of 

7 the officer, with the current address, Social Security num8 ber, and photograph (if applicable) of any individual who 

9 is a recipient of (or would be such a recipient but for the 

10 application of paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a)) ben11 efits under this title, if the officer furnishes the Commis12 sioner with the name of the individual and other identi13 fying information as reasonably required by the Commis14 sioner to establish the unique identity of the individual, 

15 and notifies the Commissioner that— 

16 ‘‘(1) the individual is described in paragraph 

17 (2) or (3) of subsection (a); and 

18 ‘‘(2) the location or apprehension of such indi19 vidual is within the officer’s official duties.’’. 

20 (c) TITLE XVI AMENDMENTS.— 

21 (1) FUGITIVE FELON WARRANT REQUIRE22 MENT.—Section 1611(e)(4)(A)(i) of such Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 1382(e)(4)(A)(i)) is amended— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘fleeing to avoid’’ and in2 serting ‘‘the subject of an arrest warrant for 

3 the purpose of’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘the place from which the 

5 person flees’’ the first place it appears and in6 serting ‘‘the jurisdiction issuing the warrant’’; 

7 and 

8 (C) by striking ‘‘the place from which the 

9 person flees’’ the second place it appears and 

10 inserting ‘‘the jurisdiction’’. 

11 (2) PROBATION AND PAROLE WARRANT RE12 QUIREMENT.—Section 1611(e)(4)(A)(ii) of the So13 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(4)(A)(ii)) is 

14 amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(ii) the subject of an arrest warrant 

16 for violating a condition of probation or 

17 parole imposed under Federal or State 

18 law’’. 

19 (3) DISCLOSURE.—Section 1611(e)(5) of such 

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(5)) is amended— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘any recipient of’’ and in22 serting ‘‘any individual who is a recipient of (or 

23 would be such a recipient but for the applica24 tion of paragraph (4)(A)’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘the recipient’’ each place 

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘the individual’’. 

3 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

4 The amendments made by this Act shall be effective 

5 with respect to benefits payable under the Social Security 

6 Act for months that begin after 270 days following the 

7 date of enactment of this Act. 

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