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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2472 

To prevent the fraudulent use of social security account numbers by allowing 

the sharing of social security data among agencies of the United States 

for identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement purposes, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 19, 2009 

Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. 

BURTON of Indiana, Mr. POE of Texas, and Mr. LAMBORN) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prevent the fraudulent use of social security account 

numbers by allowing the sharing of social security data 

among agencies of the United States for identity theft 

prevention and immigration enforcement purposes, and 

for other purposes. 

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 Num5 ber Fraud and Identity Theft Prevention Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SHARING OF SOCIAL SECURITY DATA FOR IMMI2 GRATION ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. 

3 (a) SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS.—Section 

4 264(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

5 1304(f)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (in7 cluding section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

8 1986), the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary 

9 of Labor, and the Attorney General are authorized to re10 quire an individual to provide the individual’s social secu11 rity account number for purposes of inclusion in any 

12 record of the individual maintained by either such Sec13 retary or the Attorney General, or of inclusion in any ap14 plication, document, or form provided under or required 

15 by the immigration laws.’’. 

16 (b) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.—Section 290(c) of 

17 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1360(c)) 

18 is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

19 following new paragraphs: 

20 ‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

21 (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

22 1986), if earnings are reported on or after January 1, 

23 1997, to the Social Security Administration on a social 

24 security account number issued to an alien not authorized 

25 to work in the United States, the Commissioner of Social 

26 Security shall provide the Secretary of Homeland Security 


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1 with information regarding the name, date of birth, and 

2 address of the alien, the name and address of the person 

3 reporting the earnings, and the amount of the earnings. 

4 ‘‘(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) 

5 shall be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by 

6 the Commissioner and the Secretary. 

7 ‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

8 (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

9 1986), if the Commissioner of Social Security determines 

10 that a social security account number has been used with 

11 multiple names, the Commissioner shall provide the Sec12 retary of Homeland Security with information regarding 

13 the name, date of birth, and address of each individual 

14 who used that social security account number, and the 

15 name and address of the person reporting the earnings 

16 for each individual who used that social security account 

17 number. 

18 ‘‘(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) 

19 shall be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by 

20 the Commissioner and the Secretary for the sole purpose 

21 of enforcing the immigration laws. 

22 ‘‘(C) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commis23 sioner, may limit or modify the requirements of this para24 graph, as appropriate, to identify the cases posing the 

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1 count numbers related to violation of the immigration 

2 laws. 

3 ‘‘(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

4 (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

5 1986), if more than one person reports to the Commis6 sioner of Social Security earnings for an individual during 

7 a single tax year, the Commissioner shall provide the Sec8 retary of Homeland Security information regarding the 

9 name, date of birth, and address of the individual, and 

10 the name and address of each person reporting earnings 

11 for that individual. 

12 ‘‘(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) 

13 shall be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by 

14 the Commissioner and the Secretary for the sole purpose 

15 of enforcing the immigration laws. 

16 ‘‘(C) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commis17 sioner, may limit or modify the requirements of this para18 graph, as appropriate, to identify the cases posing the 

19 highest possibility of fraudulent use of social security ac20 count numbers related to violation of the immigration 

21 laws. 

22 ‘‘(5)(A) The Commissioner of Social Security shall 

23 perform, at the request of the Secretary of Homeland Se24 curity, a search or manipulation of records held by the 

25 Commissioner if the Secretary certifies that the purpose 


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1 of the search or manipulation is to obtain information that 

2 is likely to assist in identifying individuals (and their em3 ployers) who are using false names or social security ac4 count numbers, who are sharing a single valid name and 

5 social security account number among multiple individ6 uals, who are using the social security account number of 

7 a person who is deceased, too young to work, or not au8 thorized to work, or who are otherwise engaged in a viola9 tion of the immigration laws. The Commissioner shall pro10 vide the results of such search or manipulation to the Sec11 retary, notwithstanding any other provision of law (includ12 ing section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 

13 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall transfer to the Commis14 sioner the funds necessary to cover the costs directly in15 curred by the Commissioner in carrying out each search 

16 or manipulation requested by the Secretary under sub17 paragraph (A).’’. 

18 (c) FALSE CLAIMS OF CITIZENSHIP BY NATIONALS

19 OF THE UNITED STATES.—Section 212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I) of 

20 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

21 1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or na22 tional’’ after ‘‘citizen’’. 

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