118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6678 

AN ACT 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 

that aliens who have been convicted of or who have 

committed Social Security fraud are inadmissible and 

deportable. 

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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consequences for So3 cial Security Fraud Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 

5 TO SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTIFICA6 TION DOCUMENT FRAUD. 

7 (a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Im8 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(J) SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTI11 FICATION DOCUMENT FRAUD.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any alien who has 

13 been convicted of, who admits having com14 mitted, or who admits committing acts 

15 which constitute the essential elements of a 

16 covered COVID offense, an offense under 

17 section 208 of the Social Security Act (42 

18 U.S.C. 408) (relating to social security ac19 count numbers or social security cards), an 

20 offense under section 1028 of title 18, 

21 United States Code (relating to fraud and 

22 related activity in connection with identi23 fication documents, authentication fea24 tures, and information), or a conspiracy to 

25 commit such an offense, is inadmissible. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) COVERED COVID OFFENSE.—For 

2 purposes of this subparagraph, the term 

3 ‘covered COVID offense’ means an offense 

4 of fraud pertaining to— 

5 ‘‘(I) a loan made under— 

6 ‘‘(aa) paragraph (36) or 

7 (37) of subsection (a) of section 

8 7 of the Small Business Act (15 

9 U.S.C. 636); or 

10 ‘‘(bb) subsection (b) of such 

11 section in response to the 

12 COVID–19 pandemic; or 

13 ‘‘(II) a grant made under— 

14 ‘‘(aa) section 5003 of the 

15 American Rescue Plan Act of 

16 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c); or 

17 ‘‘(bb) section 324 of the 

18 Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small 

19 Businesses, Nonprofits, and 

20 Venues Act (15 U.S.C. 9009a).’’. 

21 (b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im22 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 

23 amended by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(G) SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTI25 FICATION DOCUMENT FRAUD.—Any alien who 
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1 has been convicted of, who admits having com2 mitted, or who admits committing acts which 

3 constitute the essential elements of a covered 

4 COVID offense (as such term is defined in sec5 tion 212(a)(2)(J)(ii)), an offense under section 

6 208 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408) 

7 (relating to social security account numbers or 

8 social security cards), an offense under section 

9 1028 of title 18, United States Code (relating 

10 to fraud and related activity in connection with 

11 identification documents, authentication fea12 tures, and information), or a conspiracy to com13 mit such an offense, is deportable.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 31, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6678 

AN ACT 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 

admissible and deportable. who have committed Social Security fraud are inprovide that aliens who have been convicted of or