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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 174 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2025 

Mr. MCCLINTOCK (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. TENNEY, 

Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. EDWARDS, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. HUNT, and Mr. 

CRANK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consequences for So5 cial Security Fraud Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 

2 TO SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTIFICA3 TION DOCUMENT FRAUD. 

4 (a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Im5 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(J) SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTI8 FICATION DOCUMENT FRAUD.— 

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

10 been convicted of, who admits having com11 mitted, or who admits committing acts 

12 which constitute the essential elements of a 

13 covered COVID offense, an offense under 

14 section 208 of the Social Security Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 408) (relating to social security ac16 count numbers or social security cards), an 

17 offense under section 1028 of title 18, 

18 United States Code (relating to fraud and 

19 related activity in connection with identi20 fication documents, authentication fea21 tures, and information), or a conspiracy to 

22 commit such an offense, is inadmissible. 

23 ‘‘(ii) COVERED COVID OFFENSE.—For 

24 purposes of this subparagraph, the term 

25 ‘covered COVID offense’ means an offense 

26 of fraud pertaining to— 


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1 ‘‘(I) a loan made under— 

2 ‘‘(aa) paragraph (36) or 

3 (37) of subsection (a) of section 

4 7 of the Small Business Act (15 

5 U.S.C. 636); or 

6 ‘‘(bb) subsection (b) of such 

7 section in response to the 

8 COVID–19 pandemic; or 

9 ‘‘(II) a grant made under— 

10 ‘‘(aa) section 5003 of the 

11 American Rescue Plan Act of 

12 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c); or 

13 ‘‘(bb) section 324 of the 

14 Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small 

15 Businesses, Nonprofits, and 

16 Venues Act (15 U.S.C. 9009a).’’. 

17 (b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im18 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 

19 amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(G) SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTI21 FICATION DOCUMENT FRAUD.—Any alien who 

22 has been convicted of, who admits having com23 mitted, or who admits committing acts which 

24 constitute the essential elements of a covered 

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1 tion 212(a)(2)(J)(ii)), an offense under section 

2 208 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408) 

3 (relating to social security account numbers or 

4 social security cards), an offense under section 

5 1028 of title 18, United States Code (relating 

6 to fraud and related activity in connection with 

7 identification documents, authentication fea8 tures, and information), or a conspiracy to com9 mit such an offense, is deportable.’’. 

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