SEC. 2. SHARING OF SOCIAL SECURITY DATA FOR IMMI-
GRATION ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. 
(a) SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS.—Section 
264(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1304(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (in-
cluding section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986), the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary 
of Labor, and the Attorney General are authorized to re-
quire an individual to provide the individual’s social secu-
rity account number for purposes of inclusion in any 
record of the individual maintained by either such Sec-
retary or the Attorney General, or of inclusion in any ap-
plication, document, or form provided under or required 
by the immigration laws.’’. 
(b) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.—Section 290(c) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1360(c)) 
is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986), if earnings are reported on or after January 1, 
1997, to the Social Security Administration on a social 
security account number issued to an alien not authorized 
to work in the United States, the Commissioner of Social 
Security shall provide the Secretary of Homeland Security 
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with information regarding the name, date of birth, and 
address of the alien, the name and address of the person 
reporting the earnings, and the amount of the earnings. 
‘‘(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) 
shall be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by 
the Commissioner and the Secretary. 
‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986), if the Commissioner of Social Security determines 
that a social security account number has been used with 
multiple names, the Commissioner shall provide the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security with information regarding 
the name, date of birth, and address of each individual 
who used that social security account number, and the 
name and address of the person reporting the earnings 
for each individual who used that social security account 
number. 
‘‘(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) 
shall be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by 
the Commissioner and the Secretary for the sole purpose 
of enforcing the immigration laws. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commis-
sioner, may limit or modify the requirements of this para-
graph, as appropriate, to identify the cases posing the 
highest possibility of fraudulent use of social security ac-
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count numbers related to violation of the immigration 
laws. 
‘‘(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986), if more than one person reports to the Commis-
sioner of Social Security earnings for an individual during 
a single tax year, the Commissioner shall provide the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security information regarding the 
name, date of birth, and address of the individual, and 
the name and address of each person reporting earnings 
for that individual. 
‘‘(B) The information described in subparagraph (A) 
shall be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by 
the Commissioner and the Secretary for the sole purpose 
of enforcing the immigration laws. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commis-
sioner, may limit or modify the requirements of this para-
graph, as appropriate, to identify the cases posing the 
highest possibility of fraudulent use of social security ac-
count numbers related to violation of the immigration 
laws. 
‘‘(5)(A) The Commissioner of Social Security shall 
perform, at the request of the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, a search or manipulation of records held by the 
Commissioner if the Secretary certifies that the purpose 
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of the search or manipulation is to obtain information that 
is likely to assist in identifying individuals (and their em-
ployers) who are using false names or social security ac-
count numbers, who are sharing a single valid name and 
social security account number among multiple individ-
uals, who are using the social security account number of 
a person who is deceased, too young to work, or not au-
thorized to work, or who are otherwise engaged in a viola-
tion of the immigration laws. The Commissioner shall pro-
vide the results of such search or manipulation to the Sec-
retary, notwithstanding any other provision of law (includ-
ing section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall transfer to the Commis-
sioner the funds necessary to cover the costs directly in-
curred by the Commissioner in carrying out each search 
or manipulation requested by the Secretary under sub-
paragraph (A).’’. 
(c) FALSE CLAIMS OF CITIZENSHIP BY NATIONALS 
OF THE UNITED STATES.—Section 212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I) of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or na-
tional’’ after ‘‘citizen’’. 
Æ 
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