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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2368 
To provide for updated and secure social security cards. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2007 
Mr. CARTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for updated and secure social security cards. 
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 ‘‘Social Security Card 
Fortification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. UPDATED AND SECURE SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2)(G) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(G)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(G)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clauses: 
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‘‘(ii) A social security card issued pur-
suant to clause (i) of this subparagraph to 
an individual described in subparagraph 
(B)(ii) shall— 
‘‘(I) be made of tamperproof and 
wear-resistant material, 
‘‘(II) be designed, with such se-
curity features and under such meth-
ods as shall be determined by the 
Commissioner, to prevent (to the max-
imum extent practicable) tampering, 
counterfeiting, or duplication of the 
card for fraudulent purposes and 
fraudulent use of the card, 
‘‘(III) be issued under such se-
cure procedures as to preclude the 
issuance of the card to persons who 
are ineligible to receive the card, 
‘‘(IV) have clearly marked on its 
face, the name and social security ac-
count number of the individual to 
whom the card is issued, 
‘‘(V) display a digital image, cap-
tured directly by an officer or em-
ployee of the Social Security Adminis-
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tration acting in his or her official ca-
pacity, of the person to whom the so-
cial security account number was 
issued and the date on which that 
image was captured, and 
‘‘(VI) contain an encrypted, ma-
chine-readable electronic record which 
shall include records of biometric 
identifiers unique to the individual to 
whom the card is issued, including a 
copy of the digitized facial image 
printed on the face of the card. 
‘‘(iii) The Commissioner may charge a 
reasonable fee to the recipient as a condi-
tion for issuance of a social security card 
under this subparagraph to an individual 
described in subparagraph (B)(ii). Fees 
charged under this clause shall be in 
amounts not greater than amounts nec-
essary to meet the administrative costs at-
tributable to the requirements of clause (ii) 
of this subparagraph. Amounts received by 
the Commissioner under this clause shall 
be deposited in the Federal Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and shall 
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be available for use by the Commissioner 
solely for purposes of meeting such re-
quirements. 
‘‘(iv) The Commissioner may through 
a Memorandum of Understanding and a 
reimbursement of costs, delegate to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security the proc-
ess of meeting the requirements of this 
paragraph by using the existing secure 
card manufacturing facilities and related 
systems used to produce the Permanent 
Resident Card and the B1/B2 Visa.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) of this section shall apply with respect to 
social security account numbers and social security cards 
issued after 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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