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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 589 

To establish procedures for the issuance by the Commissioner of Social 

Security of ‘‘no match’’ letters to employers, and for the notification 

of the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding such letters. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2009 

Mrs. MYRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To establish procedures for the issuance by the Commissioner 

of Social Security of ‘‘no match’’ letters to employers, 

and for the notification of the Secretary of Homeland 

Security regarding such letters. 

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 ‘‘Securing the Home5 land Through Agency Reporting Enhancement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LETTERS TO EMPLOYERS BY THE COMMISSIONER 

2 OF SOCIAL SECURITY FOR PURPOSES OF RE3 SOLVING DISCREPANCIES IN WAGE RECORDS 

4 AND NOTIFICATION OF THE SECRETARY OF 

5 HOMELAND SECURITY REGARDING SUCH 

6 LETTERS. 

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

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

9 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(I)(i) In any case in which the Commissioner deter11 mines that the social security account number in the wage 

12 records provided to the Social Security Administration by 

13 an employer with respect to an employee do not match 

14 relevant records otherwise maintained by the Social Secu15 rity Administration, the Commissioner shall promptly 

16 send to the employer a written notice— 

17 ‘‘(I) informing the employer of the discrep18 ancies, 

19 ‘‘(II) requesting such information as may be in 

20 the possession of the employer as would assist the 

21 Commissioner in resolving the discrepancies, and 

22 ‘‘(III) informing the employer that a copy of 

23 such notice is being provided to the Secretary of 

24 Homeland Security to assist such Secretary in the 

25 enforcement of applicable Federal immigration laws 


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1 relating to employment of individuals who are not 

2 authorized to work in the United States. 

3 ‘‘(ii) In any case in which the Commissioner sends 

4 a notice described in clause (i) with respect to an employee 

5 of an employer, the Commissioner shall simultaneously 

6 transmit a copy of such notice to the Secretary of Home7 land Security, including a listing of the name, addresse, 

8 and social security account number of such employee, ac9 cording to the wage records described in clause (i), and 

10 any nonmatching information with respect to the name, 

11 addresse, or social security account number of such em12 ployee in the relevant records otherwise maintained by the 

13 Social Security Administration.’’. 

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

15 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to determinations 

16 by the Commissioner of Social Security (that relevant 

17 records maintained by the Commissioner do not match so18 cial security account numbers provided to the Commis19 sioner by employers) made on or after the date of the en20 actment of this Act. 

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