I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing the Home-
land Through Agency Reporting Enhancement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LETTERS TO EMPLOYERS BY THE COMMISSIONER 
OF SOCIAL SECURITY FOR PURPOSES OF RE-
SOLVING DISCREPANCIES IN WAGE RECORDS 
AND NOTIFICATION OF THE SECRETARY OF 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY 
REGARDING 
SUCH 
LETTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(I)(i) In any case in which the Commissioner deter-
mines that the social security account number in the wage 
records provided to the Social Security Administration by 
an employer with respect to an employee do not match 
relevant records otherwise maintained by the Social Secu-
rity Administration, the Commissioner shall promptly 
send to the employer a written notice— 
‘‘(I) informing the employer of the discrep-
ancies, 
‘‘(II) requesting such information as may be in 
the possession of the employer as would assist the 
Commissioner in resolving the discrepancies, and 
‘‘(III) informing the employer that a copy of 
such notice is being provided to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to assist such Secretary in the 
enforcement of applicable Federal immigration laws 
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relating to employment of individuals who are not 
authorized to work in the United States. 
‘‘(ii) In any case in which the Commissioner sends 
a notice described in clause (i) with respect to an employee 
of an employer, the Commissioner shall simultaneously 
transmit a copy of such notice to the Secretary of Home-
land Security, including a listing of the name, addresse, 
and social security account number of such employee, ac-
cording to the wage records described in clause (i), and 
any nonmatching information with respect to the name, 
addresse, or social security account number of such em-
ployee in the relevant records otherwise maintained by the 
Social Security Administration.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to determinations 
by the Commissioner of Social Security (that relevant 
records maintained by the Commissioner do not match so-
cial security account numbers provided to the Commis-
sioner by employers) made on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
Æ 
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