SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Num-
ber Fraud Prevention Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTRICTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON 
DOCUMENTS SENT BY MAIL. 
(a) RESTRICTION.—An agency may not include the 
social security account number of an individual on any 
document sent by mail unless the head of the agency de-
termines that the inclusion of the social security account 
number on the document is necessary. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each CFO 
Act agency shall issue regulations specifying the cir-
cumstances under which inclusion of a social security ac-
count number on a document sent by mail is necessary. 
Such regulations shall include— 
(1) instructions for the partial redaction of so-
cial security account numbers where feasible; and 
(2) a requirement that social security account 
numbers not be visible on the outside of any package 
sent by mail. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not later than the first, 
second, third, fourth, and fifth-year anniversary of such 
date of enactment, the head of each CFO Act agency shall 
submit to the Committee on Ways and Means and the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Finance and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, and any other appropriate author-
izing committees of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, a report on the implementation of subsection (a) 
that includes the following: 
(1) The title and identification number of any 
document used by the CFO Act agency during the 
previous year that includes the complete social secu-
rity account number of an individual. 
(2) For the first report submitted, a plan that 
describes how the CFO Act agency will comply with 
the requirements of subsection (a). 
(3) For the final report submitted, the title and 
identification number of each document used by the 
CFO Act agency for which the head of the agency 
has determined, in accordance with regulations 
issued pursuant to subsection (b), that the inclusion 
of a social security account number on such docu-
ment is necessary, and the rationale for such deter-
mination. 
(4) For any other report that is not the first or 
final report submitted, an update on the implemen-
tation of the plan described under paragraph (2).
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code, but includes an establishment 
in the legislative or judicial branch of the Govern-
ment (except the Senate, the House of Representa-
tives, and the Architect of the Capitol, and any ac-
tivities under the direction of the Architect of the 
Capitol). 
(2) CFO ACT AGENCY.—The term ‘‘CFO Act 
agency’’ means the agencies listed in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of section 901(b) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to any document sent by mail on or after 
the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 24, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 624 
AN ACT 
To restrict the inclusion of social security account 
numbers on Federal documents sent by mail, and 
for other purposes.