(B) responding to individuals who contest 
a tentative nonconfirmation provided by the em-
ployment eligibility verification system estab-
lished under such section; 
(2) provide such funds annually in advance of 
the applicable quarter based on estimating method-
ology agreed to by the Commissioner and the Sec-
retary (except in such instances where the delayed 
enactment of an annual appropriation may preclude 
such quarterly payments); and 
(3) require an annual accounting and reconcili-
ation of the actual costs incurred and the funds pro-
vided under the agreement, which shall be reviewed 
by the Inspectors General of the Social Security Ad-
ministration and the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION 
IN ABSENCE OF TIMELY AGREEMENT.—In any case in 
which the agreement required under subsection (a) for any 
fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 2013, has not 
been reached as of October 1 of such fiscal year, the latest 
agreement between the Commissioner and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security providing for funding to cover the 
costs of the responsibilities of the Commissioner under 
section 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
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(8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)) shall be deemed in effect on an in-
terim basis for such fiscal year until such time as an 
agreement required under subsection (a) is subsequently 
reached, except that the terms of such interim agreement 
shall be modified by the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget to adjust for inflation and any increase 
or decrease in the volume of requests under the employ-
ment eligibility verification system. In any case in which 
an interim agreement applies for any fiscal year under this 
subsection, the Commissioner and the Secretary shall, not 
later than October 1 of such fiscal year, notify the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, the Committee on the Judici-
ary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Finance, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate of the failure to reach the 
agreement required under subsection (a) for such fiscal 
year. Until such time as the agreement required under 
subsection (a) has been reached for such fiscal year, the 
Commissioner and the Secretary shall, not later than the 
end of each 90-day period after October 1 of such fiscal 
year, notify such Committees of the status of negotiations 
between the Commissioner and the Secretary in order to 
reach such an agreement. 
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SEC. 11. FRAUD PREVENTION. 
(a) BLOCKING MISUSED SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT 
NUMBERS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Commissioner of Social Security, shall 
establish a program in which social security account num-
bers that have been identified to be subject to unusual 
multiple use in the employment eligibility verification sys-
tem established under section 274A(d) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)), as amended by 
section 3 of this Act, or that are otherwise suspected or 
determined to have been compromised by identity fraud 
or other misuse, shall be blocked from use for such system 
purposes unless the individual using such number is able 
to establish, through secure and fair additional security 
procedures, that the individual is the legitimate holder of 
the number. 
(b) ALLOWING SUSPENSION OF USE OF CERTAIN SO-
CIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Commis-
sioner of Social Security, shall establish a program which 
shall provide a reliable, secure method by which victims 
of identity fraud and other individuals may suspend or 
limit the use of their social security account number or 
other identifying information for purposes of the employ-
ment eligibility verification system established under sec-
tion 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
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U.S.C. 1324a(d)), as amended by section 3 of this Act. 
The Secretary may implement the program on a limited 
pilot program basis before making it fully available to all 
individuals. 
(c) ALLOWING PARENTS TO PREVENT THEFT OF 
THEIR CHILD’S IDENTITY.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social 
Security, shall establish a program which shall provide a 
reliable, secure method by which parents or legal guard-
ians may suspend or limit the use of the social security 
account number or other identifying information of a 
minor under their care for the purposes of the employment 
eligibility verification system established under 274A(d) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)), 
as amended by section 3 of this Act. The Secretary may 
implement the program on a limited pilot program basis 
before making it fully available to all individuals. 
SEC. 12. IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION EMPLOYMENT ELIGI-
BILITY VERIFICATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
Not later than 48 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
after consultation with the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity and the Director of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology, shall establish by regulation an 
Identity 
Authentication 
Employment 
Eligibility 
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Verification pilot program (the ‘‘Authentication Pilot’’). 
The purpose of the Authentication Pilot shall be to provide 
for identity authentication and employment eligibility 
verification with respect to enrolled new employees which 
shall be available to subject employers who elect to partici-
pate in the Authentication Pilot. Any subject employer 
may cancel the employer’s participation in the Authentica-
tion Pilot after one year after electing to participate with-
out prejudice to future participation. 
SEC. 13. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General 
of the Social Security Administration shall complete audits 
of the following categories in order to uncover evidence 
of individuals who are not authorized to work in the 
United States: 
(1) Workers who dispute wages reported on 
their social security account number when they be-
lieve someone else has used such number and name 
to report wages. 
(2) Children’s social security account numbers 
used for work purposes. 
(3) Employers whose workers present signifi-
cant numbers of mismatched social security account 
numbers or names for wage reporting. 
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