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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7371 

To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with 

obtaining a birth certificate or State identification card for purposes 

of obtaining a replacement social security card for certain victims of 

domestic violence, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 20, 2018 

Mr. CRIST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees 

associated with obtaining a birth certificate or State 

identification card for purposes of obtaining a replacement social security card for certain victims of domestic 

violence, 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. RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN2 ISTRATION TO PAY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH 

3 OBTAINING A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR STATE 

4 IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR PURPOSES OF 

5 OBTAINING A REPLACEMENT SOCIAL SECU6 RITY CARD FOR CERTAIN VICTIMS OF DO7 MESTIC VIOLENCE. 

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

9 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(G)) is amended— 

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘The Commis11 sioner’’; and 

12 (2) by adding after and below the end the fol13 lowing new clause: 

14 ‘‘(ii)(I) In the case of a person described in subclause 

15 (II) who has submitted to the Commissioner an applica16 tion to replace a social security card issued to the person, 

17 the Commissioner shall pay any fees charged by any gov18 ernmental authority for furnishing the person with any of 

19 the following documents required to be submitted as part 

20 of the application: 

21 ‘‘(aa) A birth certificate of the person. 

22 ‘‘(bb) An identification card issued to the per23 son by a State, that shows that the person is a resi24 dent of the State. 

25 ‘‘(II) A person described in this subclause is a person 

26 who— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) is verified by the staff of a shelter (as de2 fined in section 302(9) of the Family Violence Pre3 vention and Services Act) to be a resident of the 

4 shelter and is a victim of domestic violence (as de5 fined in section 302(3) of such Act) or is a depend6 ent of such a resident; or 

7 ‘‘(bb) is verified by the staff of an organization 

8 providing supportive services (as defined in section 

9 302(12) of such Act) to be a recipient of such serv10 ices or is a dependent of such a person. 

11 ‘‘(III) A provision by a person described in subclause 

12 (I) of authorization to release information about the per13 son, and the provision of information pursuant to the au14 thorization, shall not be construed to be a waiver of any 

15 privilege of the person, under Federal or State law, relat16 ing to the confidentiality of communications between a do17 mestic violence victim and an advocate of such a victim.’’. 

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

19 subsection (a) shall apply to applications submitted after 

20 the 90-day period that begins with the date of the enact21 ment of this Act. 

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