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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3679 

To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with 

obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of 

obtaining a replacement social security card for certain victims of domestic violence, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2015 

Mr. MURPHY of Florida (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. 

DELANEY, Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. 

KUSTER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. SCHIFF, 

Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. MOORE) 

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

Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees 

associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining a replacement 

social security card for certain victims of domestic violence, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN2 ISTRATION TO PAY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH 

3 OBTAINING BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR STATE 

4 IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR PURPOSES OF 

5 OBTAINING A REPLACEMENT SOCIAL SECU6 RITY CARD FOR CERTAIN VICTIMS OF DO7 MESTIC VIOLENCE. 

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

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

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘The Commis11 sioner’’; and 

12 (2) by adding after and below the end the fol13 lowing new clause: 

14 ‘‘(ii)(I) In the case of a person described in subclause 

15 (II) who has submitted to the Commissioner an applica16 tion to replace a social security card issued to the person, 

17 the Commissioner shall pay, upon request by the person, 

18 any fees charged by any governmental authority for fur19 nishing the person with any of the following documents 

20 required to be submitted as part of the application: 

21 ‘‘(aa) A birth certificate of the person. 

22 ‘‘(bb) An identification card issued to the per23 son by a State, that shows that the person is a resi24 dent of the State. 

25 ‘‘(II) A person described in this subclause is a person 

26 who is verified by the staff of a victim service program, 


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1 an attorney, a medical professional, or a mental health 

2 professional from whom the person has sought assistance 

3 relating to domestic violence, dating violence, family vio4 lence, sexual assault, or stalking (or the effects of such 

5 abuse) to be a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, 

6 family violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

7 ‘‘(III) The provision by a person described in sub8 clause (I) of authorization to release information about the 

9 person, and the provision of information pursuant to the 

10 authorization, shall not be construed to be a waiver of any 

11 privilege of the person, under Federal or State law, relat12 ing to the confidentiality of communications between a do13 mestic violence victim and an advocate of such a victim. 

14 ‘‘(IV) In this clause— 

15 ‘‘(aa) the terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘dating vio16 lence’, ‘sexual assault’, and ‘stalking’ each have the 

17 meanings given such terms in section 40002(a) of 

18 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994; and 

19 ‘‘(bb) the term ‘family violence’ has the mean20 ing given the term in section 302 of the Family Vio21 lence Prevention and Services Act.’’. 

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

23 subsection (a) shall apply to applications submitted after 


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1 the 90-day period that begins with the date of the enact2 ment of this Act. 

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