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Union Calendar No. 98 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 624 
[Report No. 115–150, Part I] 
To restrict the inclusion of social security account numbers on documents 
sent by mail by the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2017 
Mr. VALADAO (for himself, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. SWALWELL of California, 
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. RENACCI, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DENHAM, 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. NUNES, Miss RICE of 
New York, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. 
KILMER, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. CARBAJAL, and Mr. SEAN PAT-
RICK MALONEY of New York) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
MAY 23, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. COSTA, Mr. LATTA, Mr. GROTHMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Mr. ISSA, Mr. FASO, and Mr. YOUNG of Iowa 
MAY 23, 2017 
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means for a period ending not later than May 23, 2017, for consideration 
of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of that committee pursuant to clause 1(t), rule X 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MAY 23, 2017 
The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 24, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To restrict the inclusion of social security account numbers 
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and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Social Security Fraud 
Prevention Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS OF SSNS ON DOCUMENTS SENT BY 
MAIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No department or agency of the 
Federal Government may include the social security ac-
count number of any individual on any document sent by 
mail unless the head of such department or agency deter-
mines that the inclusion of such social security number on 
such document is necessary. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each depart-
ment and agency of the Federal Government shall issue reg-
ulations specifying the circumstances under which inclusion 
of a social security account number on a document sent by 
mail is necessary. Such regulations shall include— 
(1) instructions for the partial redaction of so-
cial security account numbers whenever feasible; and 
(2) a requirement that social security account 
numbers not be visible on the outside of any package 
sent by mail. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall apply with re-
spect to documents sent by mail on or after the date that 
is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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