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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5739 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 3, 2014 

Received 

AN ACT 

To amend the Social Security Act to provide for the termination of social security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Social Security for 

3 Nazis Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) Congress enacted social security legislation 

7 to provide earned benefits for workers and their 

8 families, should they retire, become disabled, or die. 

9 (2) Congress never intended for participants in 

10 Nazi persecution to be allowed to enter the United 

11 States or to reap the benefits of United States resi12 dency or citizenship, including participation in the 

13 Nation’s Social Security program. 

14 SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF BENEFITS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(n)(3) of the Social 

16 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(n)(3)) is amended to read 

17 as follows: 

18 ‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 

19 subsection— 

20 ‘‘(A) an individual against whom a final order 

21 of removal has been issued under section 

22 237(a)(4)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality 

23 Act on grounds of participation in Nazi persecution 

24 shall be considered to have been removed under such 

25 section as of the date on which such order became 

26 final; 


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1 ‘‘(B) an individual with respect to whom an 

2 order admitting the individual to citizenship has 

3 been revoked and set aside under section 340 of the 

4 Immigration and Nationality Act in any case in 

5 which the revocation and setting aside is based on 

6 conduct described in section 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of such 

7 Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution), 

8 concealment of a material fact about such conduct, 

9 or willful misrepresentation about such conduct shall 

10 be considered to have been removed as described in 

11 paragraph (1) as of the date of such revocation and 

12 setting aside; and 

13 ‘‘(C) an individual who pursuant to a settle14 ment agreement with the Attorney General has ad15 mitted to conduct described in section 

16 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 

17 Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution) 

18 and who pursuant to such settlement agreement has 

19 lost status as a national of the United States by a 

20 renunciation under section 349(a)(5) of the Immi21 gration and Nationality Act shall be considered to 

22 have been removed as described in paragraph (1) as 

23 of the date of such renunciation.’’. 


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1 (b) OTHER BENEFITS.—Section 202(n) of such Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 402(n)) is amended by adding at the end the 

3 following: 

4 ‘‘(4) In the case of any individual described in para5 graph (3) whose monthly benefits are terminated under 

6 paragraph (1)— 

7 ‘‘(A) no benefits otherwise available under sec8 tion 202 based on the wages and self-employment 

9 income of any other individual shall be paid to such 

10 individual for any month after such termination; and 

11 ‘‘(B) no supplemental security income benefits 

12 under title XVI shall be paid to such individual for 

13 any such month, including supplementary payments 

14 pursuant to an agreement for Federal administra15 tion under section 1616(a) and payments pursuant 

16 to an agreement entered into under section 212(b) 

17 of Public Law 93–66’’. 

18 SEC. 4. NOTIFICATIONS. 

19 Section 202(n)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 

20 U.S.C. 402(n)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(2)(A) In the case of the removal of any indi22 vidual under any of the paragraphs of section 237(a) 

23 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (other than 

24 under paragraph (1)(C) of such section) or under 

25 section 212(a)(6)(A) of such Act, the revocation and 


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1 setting aside of citizenship of any individual under 

2 section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

3 in any case in which the revocation and setting aside 

4 is based on conduct described in section 

5 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of such Act (relating to participation 

6 in Nazi persecution), or the renunciation of nation7 ality by any individual under section 349(a)(5) of 

8 such Act pursuant to a settlement agreement with 

9 the Attorney General where the individual has ad10 mitted to conduct described in section 

11 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 

12 Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution) 

13 occurring after the date of the enactment of the No 

14 Social Security for Nazis Act, the Attorney General 

15 or the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

16 the Commissioner of Social Security of such re17 moval, revocation and setting aside, or renunciation 

18 of nationality not later than 7 days after such re19 moval, revocation and setting aside, or renunciation 

20 of nationality (or, in the case of any such removal, 

21 revocation and setting aside, of renunciation of na22 tionality that has occurred prior to the date of the 

23 enactment of the No Social Security for Nazis Act, 

24 not later than 7 days after such date of enactment). 


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1 ‘‘(B)(i) Not later than 30 days after the enact2 ment of the No Social Security for Nazis Act, the 

3 Attorney General shall certify to the Committee on 

4 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate that 

6 the Commissioner of Social Security has been noti7 fied of each removal, revocation and setting aside, or 

8 renunciation of nationality described in subpara9 graph (A). 

10 ‘‘(ii) Not later than 30 days after each notifica11 tion with respect to an individual under subpara12 graph (A), the Commissioner of Social Security shall 

13 certify to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Committee on Fi15 nance of the Senate that such individual’s benefits 

16 were terminated under this subsection.’’. 

17 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

18 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 

19 respect to benefits paid for any month beginning after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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