(d) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall make available to the Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue any information related to 
the investigation and enforcement of section 162(c)(4) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any no- 
match letter and any information in the suspense earnings 
file. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) The amendments made by subsections (a) 
and (b) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
Subtitle D—Improved Security for 
Birth Certificates 
SEC. 341. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) APPLICABILITY
OF DEFINITIONS.—Except as 
otherwise specifically provided, the definitions contained in 
section 201 of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of 
Public Law 109–13) apply to this subtitle. 
(b) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this subtitle, the fol-
lowing definitions apply: 
(1) BIRTH CERTIFICATE.—The term ‘‘birth cer-
tificate’’ means a certificate of birth— 
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(A) for an individual (regardless of where 
born)— 
(i) who is a citizen or national of the 
United States at birth; and 
(ii) whose birth is registered in the 
United States; and 
(B) that— 
(i) is issued by a Federal, State, or 
local government agency or authorized cus-
todian of record and produced from birth 
records maintained by such agency or cus-
todian of record; or 
(ii) is an authenticated copy, issued 
by a Federal, State, or local government 
agency or authorized custodian of record, 
of an original certificate of birth issued by 
such agency or custodian of record. 
(2) FULL LEGAL NAME.—The term ‘‘full legal 
name’’ means the complete name of the person, in-
cluding the birth name as recorded in the state and 
or nation of birth, as applicable, and any suffixes or 
names appended through lawful action through mar-
riage, adoption or lawful name change. 
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(3) 
REGISTRANT.—The 
term 
‘‘registrant’’ 
means, with respect to a birth certificate, the person 
whose birth is registered on the certificate. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the the 
meaning given such term in section 201 of the 
REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of Public Law 
109–13), except that New York City shall be treated 
as a State separate from New York. 
SEC. 342. APPLICABILITY OF MINIMUM STANDARDS TO 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
The minimum standards in this subtitle applicable to 
birth certificates issued by a State shall also apply to birth 
certificates issued by a local government in the State. It 
shall be the responsibility of the State to ensure that local 
governments in the State comply with the minimum stand-
ards. 
SEC. 343. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL RECOGNI-
TION. 
(a) MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL USE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, a Federal agency 
may not accept, for any official purpose, a birth cer-
tificate issued by a State to any person unless the 
State is meeting the requirements of this section. 
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(2) STATE
CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall determine whether a State is meeting the re-
quirements of this section based on certifications 
made by the State to the Secretary. Such certifi-
cations shall be made at such times and in such 
manner as the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, may pre-
scribe by regulation. 
(b) MINIMUM DOCUMENT STANDARDS.—To meet the 
requirements of this section, a State shall include, on each 
birth certificate issued to a person by the State, the use 
of safety paper, the seal of the issuing custodian of record, 
and such other features as the Secretary may determine 
necessary to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, and other-
wise duplicating the birth certificate for fraudulent pur-
poses. The Secretary may not require a single design to 
which birth certificates issued by all States must conform. 
However, the Secretary shall require a minimum standard 
set of security features incorporated into birth certificates 
issued by all States, such as digital watermarks, so that 
validation of such security features can be affordably made 
be law enforcement officials, by motor vehicle administra-
tors, and State and Federal officials. 
(c) MINIMUM ISSUANCE STANDARDS.— 
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