I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 174 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who 
have been convicted of or who have committed Social Security fraud 
are inadmissible and deportable. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. TENNEY, 
Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. EDWARDS, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. HUNT, and Mr. 
CRANK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
that aliens who have been convicted of or who have 
committed Social Security fraud are inadmissible and 
deportable. 
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 ‘‘Consequences for So-
cial Security Fraud Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 
TO SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTIFICA-
TION DOCUMENT FRAUD. 
(a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTI-
FICATION DOCUMENT FRAUD.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any alien who has 
been convicted of, who admits having com-
mitted, or who admits committing acts 
which constitute the essential elements of a 
covered COVID offense, an offense under 
section 208 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 408) (relating to social security ac-
count numbers or social security cards), an 
offense under section 1028 of title 18, 
United States Code (relating to fraud and 
related activity in connection with identi-
fication documents, authentication fea-
tures, and information), or a conspiracy to 
commit such an offense, is inadmissible. 
‘‘(ii) COVERED COVID OFFENSE.—For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘covered COVID offense’ means an offense 
of fraud pertaining to— 
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‘‘(I) a loan made under— 
‘‘(aa) paragraph (36) or 
(37) of subsection (a) of section 
7 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636); or 
‘‘(bb) subsection (b) of such 
section 
in 
response 
to 
the 
COVID–19 pandemic; or 
‘‘(II) a grant made under— 
‘‘(aa) section 5003 of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c); or 
‘‘(bb) section 324 of the 
Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small 
Businesses, 
Nonprofits, 
and 
Venues Act (15 U.S.C. 9009a).’’. 
(b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTI-
FICATION DOCUMENT FRAUD.—Any alien who 
has been convicted of, who admits having com-
mitted, or who admits committing acts which 
constitute the essential elements of a covered 
COVID offense (as such term is defined in sec-
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