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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2944 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2014 

Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Finance 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Congress enacted social security legislation 

2 to provide earned benefits for workers and their 

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

4 (2) Congress never intended for participants in 

5 Nazi persecution to be allowed to enter the United 

6 States or to reap the benefits of United States resi7 dency or citizenship, including participation in the 

8 Nation’s Social Security program. 

9 SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF BENEFITS. 

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

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

12 as follows: 

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

14 subsection— 

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

16 of removal has been issued under section 

17 237(a)(4)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality 

18 Act on grounds of participation in Nazi persecution 

19 shall be considered to have been removed under such 

20 section as of the date on which such order became 

21 final; 

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

23 order admitting the individual to citizenship has 

24 been revoked and set aside under section 340 of the 

25 Immigration and Nationality Act in any case in 


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1 which the revocation and setting aside is based on 

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

3 Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution), 

4 concealment of a material fact about such conduct, 

5 or willful misrepresentation about such conduct shall 

6 be considered to have been removed as described in 

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

8 setting aside; and 

9 ‘‘(C) an individual who pursuant to a settle10 ment agreement with the Attorney General has ad11 mitted to conduct described in section 

12 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 

13 Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution) 

14 and who pursuant to such settlement agreement has 

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

16 renunciation under section 349(a)(5) of the Immi17 gration and Nationality Act shall be considered to 

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

19 of the date of such renunciation.’’. 

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

21 (42 U.S.C. 402(n)) is amended by adding at the end the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(4) In the case of any individual described in para24 graph (3) whose monthly benefits are terminated under 

25 paragraph (1)— 


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1 ‘‘(A) no benefits otherwise available under sec2 tion 202 based on the wages and self-employment 

3 income of any other individual shall be paid to such 

4 individual for any month after such termination; and 

5 ‘‘(B) no supplemental security income benefits 

6 under title XVI shall be paid to such individual for 

7 any such month, including supplementary payments 

8 pursuant to an agreement for Federal administra9 tion under section 1616(a) and payments pursuant 

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

11 of Public Law 93–66’’. 

12 SEC. 4. NOTIFICATIONS. 

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

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

15 ‘‘(2)(A) In the case of the removal of any indi16 vidual under any of the paragraphs of section 237(a) 

17 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (other than 

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

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

20 setting aside of citizenship of any individual under 

21 section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

22 in any case in which the revocation and setting aside 

23 is based on conduct described in section 

24 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of such Act (relating to participation 

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1 ality by any individual under section 349(a)(5) of 

2 such Act pursuant to a settlement agreement with 

3 the Attorney General where the individual has ad4 mitted to conduct described in section 

5 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 

6 Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution) 

7 occurring after the date of the enactment of the No 

8 Social Security for Nazis Act, the Attorney General 

9 or the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

10 the Commissioner of Social Security of such re11 moval, revocation and setting aside, or renunciation 

12 of nationality not later than 7 days after such re13 moval, revocation and setting aside, or renunciation 

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

15 revocation and setting aside, or renunciation of na16 tionality that has occurred prior to the date of the 

17 enactment of the No Social Security for Nazis Act, 

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

19 ‘‘(B)(i) Not later than 30 days after the enact20 ment of the No Social Security for Nazis Act, the 

21 Attorney General shall certify to the Committee on 

22 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 

23 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate that 

24 the Commissioner of Social Security has been noti25 fied of each removal, revocation and setting aside, or 


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1 renunciation of nationality described in subpara2 graph (A). 

3 ‘‘(ii) Not later than 30 days after each notifica4 tion with respect to an individual under subpara5 graph (A), the Commissioner of Social Security shall 

6 certify to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Committee on Fi8 nance of the Senate that such individual’s benefits 

9 were terminated under this subsection.’’. 

10 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

11 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 

12 respect to benefits paid for any month beginning after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act. 

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