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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2368 

To provide for updated and secure social security cards. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2007 

Mr. CARTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To provide for updated and secure social security cards. 

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 ‘‘Social Security Card 

5 Fortification Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. UPDATED AND SECURE SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2)(G) of the Social 

8 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(G)) is amended— 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(G)’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

11 clauses: 

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1 ‘‘(ii) A social security card issued pur2 suant to clause (i) of this subparagraph to 

3 an individual described in subparagraph 

4 (B)(ii) shall— 

5 ‘‘(I) be made of tamperproof and 

6 wear-resistant material, 

7 ‘‘(II) be designed, with such se8 curity features and under such meth9 ods as shall be determined by the 

10 Commissioner, to prevent (to the max11 imum extent practicable) tampering, 

12 counterfeiting, or duplication of the 

13 card for fraudulent purposes and 

14 fraudulent use of the card, 

15 ‘‘(III) be issued under such se16 cure procedures as to preclude the 

17 issuance of the card to persons who 

18 are ineligible to receive the card, 

19 ‘‘(IV) have clearly marked on its 

20 face, the name and social security ac21 count number of the individual to 

22 whom the card is issued, 

23 ‘‘(V) display a digital image, cap24 tured directly by an officer or em25 ployee of the Social Security Adminismstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 tration acting in his or her official ca2 pacity, of the person to whom the so3 cial security account number was 

4 issued and the date on which that 

5 image was captured, and 

6 ‘‘(VI) contain an encrypted, ma7 chine-readable electronic record which 

8 shall include records of biometric 

9 identifiers unique to the individual to 

10 whom the card is issued, including a 

11 copy of the digitized facial image 

12 printed on the face of the card. 

13 ‘‘(iii) The Commissioner may charge a 

14 reasonable fee to the recipient as a condi15 tion for issuance of a social security card 

16 under this subparagraph to an individual 

17 described in subparagraph (B)(ii). Fees 

18 charged under this clause shall be in 

19 amounts not greater than amounts nec20 essary to meet the administrative costs at21 tributable to the requirements of clause (ii) 

22 of this subparagraph. Amounts received by 

23 the Commissioner under this clause shall 

24 be deposited in the Federal Old-Age and 

25 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and shall 

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1 be available for use by the Commissioner 

2 solely for purposes of meeting such re3 quirements. 

4 ‘‘(iv) The Commissioner may through 

5 a Memorandum of Understanding and a 

6 reimbursement of costs, delegate to the 

7 Secretary of Homeland Security the proc8 ess of meeting the requirements of this 

9 paragraph by using the existing secure 

10 card manufacturing facilities and related 

11 systems used to produce the Permanent 

12 Resident Card and the B1/B2 Visa.’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 subsection (a) of this section shall apply with respect to 

15 social security account numbers and social security cards 

16 issued after 2 years after the date of the enactment of 

17 this Act. 

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