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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5739 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2014 

Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. CAMP, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. CROWLEY, 

Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. 

GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. NUNES, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 

RANGEL, Mr. REICHERT, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. 

SCHOCK, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 

BURGESS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 

Ms. ESTY, Mr. FINCHER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. LANCE, Mr. 

SMITH of Missouri, and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Nazis Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Congress enacted social security legislation 

4 to provide earned benefits for workers and their 

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

6 (2) Congress never intended for participants in 

7 Nazi persecution to be allowed to enter the United 

8 States or to reap the benefits of United States resi9 dency or citizenship, including participation in the 

10 Nation’s Social Security program. 

11 SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF BENEFITS. 

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

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

14 as follows: 

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

16 subsection— 

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

18 of removal has been issued under section 

19 237(a)(4)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality 

20 Act on grounds of participation in Nazi persecution 

21 shall be considered to have been removed under such 

22 section as of the date on which such order became 

23 final; 

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

25 order admitting the individual to citizenship has 

26 been revoked and set aside under section 340 of the 


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1 Immigration and Nationality Act in any case in 

2 which the revocation and setting aside is based on 

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

4 Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution), 

5 concealment of a material fact about such conduct, 

6 or willful misrepresentation about such conduct shall 

7 be considered to have been removed as described in 

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

9 setting aside; and 

10 ‘‘(C) an individual who pursuant to a settle11 ment agreement with the Attorney General has ad12 mitted to conduct described in section 

13 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 

14 Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution) 

15 and who pursuant to such settlement agreement has 

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

17 renunciation under section 349(a)(5) of the Immi18 gration and Nationality Act shall be considered to 

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

20 of the date of such renunciation.’’. 

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

22 (42 U.S.C. 402(n)) is amended by adding at the end the 

23 following: 


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1 ‘‘(4) In the case of any individual described in para2 graph (3) whose monthly benefits are terminated under 

3 paragraph (1)— 

4 ‘‘(A) no benefits otherwise available under sec5 tion 202 based on the wages and self-employment 

6 income of any other individual shall be paid to such 

7 individual for any month after such termination; and 

8 ‘‘(B) no supplemental security income benefits 

9 under title XVI shall be paid to such individual for 

10 any such month, including supplementary payments 

11 pursuant to an agreement for Federal administra12 tion under section 1616(a) and payments pursuant 

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

14 of Public Law 93–66’’. 

15 SEC. 4. NOTIFICATIONS. 

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

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

18 ‘‘(2)(A) In the case of the removal of any indi19 vidual under any of the paragraphs of section 237(a) 

20 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (other than 

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

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

23 setting aside of citizenship of any individual under 

24 section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

25 in any case in which the revocation and setting aside 


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1 is based on conduct described in section 

2 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of such Act (relating to participation 

3 in Nazi persecution), or the renunciation of nation4 ality by any individual under section 349(a)(5) of 

5 such Act pursuant to a settlement agreement with 

6 the Attorney General where the individual has ad7 mitted to conduct described in section 

8 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 

9 Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution) 

10 occurring after the date of the enactment of the No 

11 Social Security for Nazis Act, the Attorney General 

12 or the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

13 the Commissioner of Social Security of such re14 moval, revocation and setting aside, or renunciation 

15 of nationality not later than 7 days after such re16 moval, revocation and setting aside, or renunciation 

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

18 revocation and setting aside, of renunciation of na19 tionality that has occurred prior to the date of the 

20 enactment of the No Social Security for Nazis Act, 

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

22 ‘‘(B)(i) Not later than 30 days after the enact23 ment of the No Social Security for Nazis Act, the 

24 Attorney General shall certify to the Committee on 

25 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 


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1 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate that 

2 the Commissioner of Social Security has been noti3 fied of each removal, revocation and setting aside, or 

4 renunciation of nationality described in subpara5 graph (A). 

6 ‘‘(ii) Not later than 30 days after each notifica7 tion with respect to an individual under subpara8 graph (A), the Commissioner of Social Security shall 

9 certify to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Committee on Fi11 nance of the Senate that such individual’s benefits 

12 were terminated under this subsection.’’. 

13 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

14 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 

15 respect to benefits paid for any month beginning after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act. 

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