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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 replace-
ment social security card for certain victims of domestic 
violence, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN-
ISTRATION TO PAY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH 
OBTAINING A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR STATE 
IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR PURPOSES OF 
OBTAINING A REPLACEMENT SOCIAL SECU-
RITY CARD FOR CERTAIN VICTIMS OF DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE. 
(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)’’ before ‘‘The Commis-
sioner’’; and 
(2) by adding after and below the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(ii)(I) In the case of a person described in subclause 
(II) who has submitted to the Commissioner an applica-
tion to replace a social security card issued to the person, 
the Commissioner shall pay any fees charged by any gov-
ernmental authority for furnishing the person with any of 
the following documents required to be submitted as part 
of the application: 
‘‘(aa) A birth certificate of the person. 
‘‘(bb) An identification card issued to the per-
son by a State, that shows that the person is a resi-
dent of the State. 
‘‘(II) A person described in this subclause is a person 
who— 
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‘‘(aa) is verified by the staff of a shelter (as de-
fined in section 302(9) of the Family Violence Pre-
vention and Services Act) to be a resident of the 
shelter and is a victim of domestic violence (as de-
fined in section 302(3) of such Act) or is a depend-
ent of such a resident; or 
‘‘(bb) is verified by the staff of an organization 
providing supportive services (as defined in section 
302(12) of such Act) to be a recipient of such serv-
ices or is a dependent of such a person. 
‘‘(III) A provision by a person described in subclause 
(I) of authorization to release information about the per-
son, and the provision of information pursuant to the au-
thorization, shall not be construed to be a waiver of any 
privilege of the person, under Federal or State law, relat-
ing to the confidentiality of communications between a do-
mestic violence victim and an advocate of such a victim.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to applications submitted after 
the 90-day period that begins with the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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