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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 133 

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that individuals 

and appropriate authorities are notified by the Commissioner of Social 

Security of evidence of misuse of the Social Security account numbers 

of such individuals. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2009 

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

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide 

that individuals and appropriate authorities are notified 

by the Commissioner of Social Security of evidence of 

misuse of the Social Security account numbers of such 

individuals. 

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 ‘‘Identity Theft Notifi5 cation Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION TO INDIVIDUALS AND APPROPRIATE 

2 AUTHORITIES OF EVIDENCE OF MISUSE OF 

3 SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS. 

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

5 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)) is amended by adding 

6 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(I)(i) In the case of each report of wages submitted 

8 by an employer with respect to an employee pursuant to 

9 this paragraph, the Commissioner— 

10 ‘‘(I) shall require the employer to include in the 

11 report, together with the amount of wages paid by 

12 the employer to the employee, information consisting 

13 of the name, address, and employer identification 

14 number of the employer and the name, address, So15 cial Security account number of the employee, and 

16 ‘‘(II) shall include the amount of such wages 

17 and such information in the Commissioner’s records. 

18 ‘‘(ii) In any case in which— 

19 ‘‘(I) during any calendar year, there are 8 or 

20 more instances in which the Commissioner of Social 

21 Security receives a report of wages submitted by an 

22 employer with respect to an employee under the 

23 same Social Security account number, and 

24 ‘‘(II) at least 4 different addresses are set forth 

25 in the reports in connection with the same Social Se26 curity account number, 


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1 the Commissioner shall determine whether, in any such 

2 instance, there is evidence that the wages were not paid 

3 to the individual to whom the Social Security account 

4 number was assigned by the Commissioner. 

5 ‘‘(iii) In any case described in clause (ii), if the Com6 missioner determines that in any instance there is evidence 

7 that the wages were not paid to the individual to whom 

8 the Social Security account number was assigned by the 

9 Commissioner, the Commissioner shall provide a notice of 

10 the determination to the individual, the Attorney General 

11 of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury, and 

12 the Secretary of Homeland Security.’’. 

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

14 this section shall apply with respect to calendar years be15 ginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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