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Union Calendar No. 617 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3779 
[Report No. 114–789] 
To restrict the inclusion of social security account numbers on documents 
sent by mail by the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2015 
Mr. VALADAO (for himself, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. 
NOLAN, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. JOYCE, 
Mr. ROYCE, Mr. COOK, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
LUCAS, Mr. DENHAM, and Mr. DESAULNIER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. HANNA, Mr. OLSON, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. JENKINS of 
Kansas, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS 
of California, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. 
DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. LATTA, Mr. FORBES, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Ms. 
NORTON, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. BRAT, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mrs. 
WAGNER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. COSTELLO 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. NUNES, Mr. FARR, 
Mr. BARR, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. 
POCAN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, and Mrs. BUSTOS 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RESTRICTION OF SSNS ON DOCUMENTS SENT 
BY MAIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No department or agency of the 
Federal Government may include the social security ac-
count number of any individual on any document sent by 
mail unless the head of such department or agency deter-
mines that the inclusion of such social security number 
on such document is necessary. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each depart-
ment and agency of the Federal Government shall issue 
regulations specifying the circumstances under which in-
clusion of a social security account 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 whenever feasible; and 
(2) a requirement that social security account 
numbers not be visible on the outside of any package 
sent by mail. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall apply with re-
spect to documents sent by mail on or after the date that 
is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 617 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3779 
[Report No. 114–789] 
A BILL 
To restrict the inclusion of social security account 
numbers on documents sent by mail by the Fed-
eral Government, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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