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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1996 

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the assignment 

of social security account numbers to certain individuals seeking employment in the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 23, 2015 

Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas 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 prohibit 

the assignment of social security account numbers to 

certain individuals seeking employment in the United 

States, 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 ‘‘No Social Security 

5 Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSIGNMENT OF SOCIAL SECU2 RITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS TO CERTAIN INDI3 VIDUALS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE 

4 UNITED STATES. 

5 Section 205(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(iv) Notwithstanding clause (i), the Commissioner of 

9 Social Security may not assign a social security account 

10 number to any individual who— 

11 ‘‘(I) receives deferred action on removal in ac12 cordance with— 

13 ‘‘(aa) the memorandum of the Secretary of 

14 Homeland Security dated June 15, 2012, and 

15 entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 

16 with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 

17 United States as Children’; or 

18 ‘‘(bb) the memorandum of the Secretary of 

19 Homeland Security dated November 20, 2014, 

20 and entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discre21 tion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to 

22 the United States as Children and with Respect 

23 to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of 

24 U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents’; and 

25 ‘‘(II) would be subject to removal but for such 

26 memoranda.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT OF TITLE II BENEFITS. 

2 (a) FULLY INSURED AND CURRENTLY INSURED IN3 DIVIDUALS.—Section 214(c)(1) of the Social Security Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 414(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘subclause 

5 (I) or (III) of section 205(c)(2)(B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub6 clause (I) or (III) of clause (i) of section 205(c)(2)(B) and 

7 clause (iv) of such section’’. 

8 (b) DISABILITY BENEFITS.—Section 223(a)(1)(C)(i) 

9 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)(C)(i)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘subclause (I) or (III) of section 

11 205(c)(2)(B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subclause (I) or (III) of 

12 clause (i) of section 205(c)(2)(B) and clause (iv) of such 

13 section’’. 

14 SEC. 4. DENIAL OF CREDIT TOWARD BENEFITS FOR EARN15 INGS FROM UNAUTHORIZED WORK. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Social Security 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 414) is amended by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(d)(1) No quarters of coverage shall be credited for 

20 purposes of this section or section 223(a)(1)(A) for any 

21 calendar year in the case of any individual if— 

22 ‘‘(A) on the last day of such year, such indi23 vidual is not a citizen or national of the United 

24 States, and 

25 ‘‘(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security deter26 mines, pursuant to paragraph (2), that such indiVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:18 May 06, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1996.IH H1996

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1 vidual was not authorized to be employed in the 

2 United States during any portion of such calendar 

3 year. 

4 ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

5 enter into an agreement with the Commissioner to provide, 

6 in a form and manner specified by the Commissioner, such 

7 information as the Commissioner determines necessary to 

8 carry out the limitations on crediting quarters of coverage 

9 for years under paragraph (1). 

10 ‘‘(B) For the purpose of carrying out the Secretary’s 

11 duties under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Home12 land Security shall, in consultation with the Commis13 sioner, develop and maintain the following information: 

14 ‘‘(i) The name, social security account number, 

15 and date of birth of each individual who is author16 ized by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the 

17 Secretary of State to be employed in the United 

18 States. 

19 ‘‘(ii) The date on which each such authorization 

20 is granted. 

21 ‘‘(iii) The date on which each such authoriza22 tion is revoked or terminated. 

23 ‘‘(iv) The date of naturalization for each indi24 vidual who becomes a naturalized citizen of the 

25 United States. 


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1 ‘‘(C) The information provided to the Commissioner 

2 under subparagraph (A) relating to years in which an indi3 vidual was not authorized to be employed in the United 

4 States during any portion of a year shall be the final de5 termination of the Secretary of Homeland Security after 

6 an opportunity for review or appeal under procedures 

7 which shall be established by the Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security and shall not be reviewable by the Commissioner. 

9 ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 

10 an individual who was assigned a social security account 

11 number prior to the date of the enactment of the No Social 

12 Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 

13 2015.’’. 

14 (b) DISREGARD OF EARNINGS FOR YEARS FOR

15 WHICH NO QUARTER OF COVERAGE MAY BE CRED16 ITED.—Section 215(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(e)) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

19 (1); 

20 (2) by striking the period at the end of para21 graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

23 paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(3) in computing the average indexed monthly 

25 earnings of an individual, there shall not be counted 


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1 any annual wages or self-employment income for any 

2 year for which no quarter of coverage may be cred3 ited to such individual as a result of the application 

4 of section 214(d)(1).’’. 

5 (c) TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION FROM COMMIS6 SIONER TO SECRETARY.—Section 205(c)(2) of such Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 

8 the following new subparagraph: 

9 ‘‘(I) The Commissioner and the Secretary of Home10 land Security shall enter into an agreement to establish 

11 a system to transmit to the Secretary of Homeland Secu12 rity any social security account number assigned to an in13 dividual after the date of the enactment of the No Social 

14 Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 

15 2015, and other identifying information relating to such 

16 individual, in any case in which such individual is not a 

17 citizen or national of the United States at the time of the 

18 assignment of such number to such individual. The Sec19 retary of Homeland Security shall incorporate such num20 ber and other identifying information into all records of 

21 the Department of Homeland Security maintained with re22 spect to such individual.’’. 

23 (d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

24 (1) Section 214(d)(1) of the Social Security Act 

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1 spect to quarters of coverage credited for calendar 

2 years commencing after the date on which the Sec3 retary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner 

4 certify, by publication in the Federal Register, that 

5 the system for developing and maintaining informa6 tion pursuant to section 214(d)(2)(B) of the Social 

7 Security Act (added by subsection (a)) is oper8 ational. 

9 (2) The Commissioner of Social Security and 

10 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into 

11 the agreement described in section 205(c)(2) of the 

12 Social Security Act (added by subsection (c)) not 

13 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

14 of this Act. 

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