I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1996 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the assignment 
of social security account numbers to certain individuals seeking employ-
ment in the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2015 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit 
the assignment of social security account numbers to 
certain individuals seeking employment in the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘No Social Security 
Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSIGNMENT OF SOCIAL SECU-
RITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS TO CERTAIN INDI-
VIDUALS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Section 205(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iv) Notwithstanding clause (i), the Commissioner of 
Social Security may not assign a social security account 
number to any individual who— 
‘‘(I) receives deferred action on removal in ac-
cordance with— 
‘‘(aa) the memorandum of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security dated June 15, 2012, and 
entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 
with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 
United States as Children’; or 
‘‘(bb) the memorandum of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security dated November 20, 2014, 
and entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discre-
tion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to 
the United States as Children and with Respect 
to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of 
U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents’; and 
‘‘(II) would be subject to removal but for such 
memoranda.’’. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT OF TITLE II BENEFITS. 
(a) FULLY INSURED AND CURRENTLY INSURED IN-
DIVIDUALS.—Section 214(c)(1) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 414(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘subclause 
(I) or (III) of section 205(c)(2)(B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
clause (I) or (III) of clause (i) of section 205(c)(2)(B) and 
clause (iv) of such section’’. 
(b) DISABILITY BENEFITS.—Section 223(a)(1)(C)(i) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)(C)(i)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘subclause (I) or (III) of section 
205(c)(2)(B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subclause (I) or (III) of 
clause (i) of section 205(c)(2)(B) and clause (iv) of such 
section’’. 
SEC. 4. DENIAL OF CREDIT TOWARD BENEFITS FOR EARN-
INGS FROM UNAUTHORIZED WORK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 414) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d)(1) No quarters of coverage shall be credited for 
purposes of this section or section 223(a)(1)(A) for any 
calendar year in the case of any individual if— 
‘‘(A) on the last day of such year, such indi-
vidual is not a citizen or national of the United 
States, and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security deter-
mines, pursuant to paragraph (2), that such indi-
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vidual was not authorized to be employed in the 
United States during any portion of such calendar 
year. 
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
enter into an agreement with the Commissioner to provide, 
in a form and manner specified by the Commissioner, such 
information as the Commissioner determines necessary to 
carry out the limitations on crediting quarters of coverage 
for years under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) For the purpose of carrying out the Secretary’s 
duties under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall, in consultation with the Commis-
sioner, develop and maintain the following information: 
‘‘(i) The name, social security account number, 
and date of birth of each individual who is author-
ized by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the 
Secretary of State to be employed in the United 
States. 
‘‘(ii) The date on which each such authorization 
is granted. 
‘‘(iii) The date on which each such authoriza-
tion is revoked or terminated. 
‘‘(iv) The date of naturalization for each indi-
vidual who becomes a naturalized citizen of the 
United States. 
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‘‘(C) The information provided to the Commissioner 
under subparagraph (A) relating to years in which an indi-
vidual was not authorized to be employed in the United 
States during any portion of a year shall be the final de-
termination of the Secretary of Homeland Security after 
an opportunity for review or appeal under procedures 
which shall be established by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security and shall not be reviewable by the Commissioner. 
‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
an individual who was assigned a social security account 
number prior to the date of the enactment of the No Social 
Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 
2015.’’. 
(b) DISREGARD
OF EARNINGS
FOR YEARS
FOR 
WHICH NO QUARTER
OF COVERAGE MAY BE CRED-
ITED.—Section 215(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(e)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) in computing the average indexed monthly 
earnings of an individual, there shall not be counted 
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any annual wages or self-employment income for any 
year for which no quarter of coverage may be cred-
ited to such individual as a result of the application 
of section 214(d)(1).’’. 
(c) TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION FROM COMMIS-
SIONER TO SECRETARY.—Section 205(c)(2) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) The Commissioner and the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall enter into an agreement to establish 
a system to transmit to the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity any social security account number assigned to an in-
dividual after the date of the enactment of the No Social 
Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 
2015, and other identifying information relating to such 
individual, in any case in which such individual is not a 
citizen or national of the United States at the time of the 
assignment of such number to such individual. The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall incorporate such num-
ber and other identifying information into all records of 
the Department of Homeland Security maintained with re-
spect to such individual.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) Section 214(d)(1) of the Social Security Act 
(added by subsection (a)) shall be effective with re-
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spect to quarters of coverage credited for calendar 
years commencing after the date on which the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner 
certify, by publication in the Federal Register, that 
the system for developing and maintaining informa-
tion pursuant to section 214(d)(2)(B) of the Social 
Security Act (added by subsection (a)) is oper-
ational. 
(2) The Commissioner of Social Security and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into 
the agreement described in section 205(c)(2) of the 
Social Security Act (added by subsection (c)) not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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