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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. 
SEC. 211. 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 
this title, or that are otherwise suspected or determined 
to have been compromised by identity fraud or other mis-
use, shall be blocked from use for such system purposes 
unless the individual using such number is able to estab-
lish, through secure and fair additional security proce-
dures, 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 
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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 
U.S.C. 1324a(d)), as amended by this title. 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 this title. The Secretary may implement 
the program on a limited pilot program basis before mak-
ing it fully available to all individuals. 
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SEC. 212. USE OF EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICA-
TION PHOTO TOOL. 
An employer or entity who uses the photo matching 
tool, if required by the Secretary as part of the verification 
system, shall match, either visually, or using facial rec-
ognition or other verification technology approved or re-
quired by the Secretary, the photo matching tool photo-
graph to the photograph on the identity or employment 
eligibility document provided by the individual or to the 
face of the employee submitting the document for employ-
ment verification purposes, or both, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 213. IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION EMPLOYMENT ELIGI-
BILITY VERIFICATION PILOT PROGRAMS. 
Not later than 24 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 not less 
than 2 Identity Authentication Employment Eligibility 
Verification pilot programs, each using a separate and dis-
tinct technology (the ‘‘Authentication Pilots’’). The pur-
pose of the Authentication Pilots shall be to provide for 
identity 
authentication 
and 
employment 
eligibility 
verification with respect to enrolled new employees which 
shall be available to any employer that elects to participate 
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in either of the Authentication Pilots. Any participating 
employer may cancel the employer’s participation in the 
Authentication Pilot after one year after electing to par-
ticipate without prejudice to future participation. The Sec-
retary shall report to the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate the Secretary’s findings on the 
Authentication Pilots, including the authentication tech-
nologies chosen, not later than 12 months after com-
mencement of the Authentication Pilots. 
SEC. 214. 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. 
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(3) Employers whose workers present signifi-
cant numbers of mismatched social security account 
numbers or names for wage reporting. 
(b) SUBMISSION.—The Inspector General of the So-
cial Security Administration shall submit the audits com-
pleted under subsection (a) to the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate for review of the evidence of 
individuals who are not authorized to work in the United 
States. The Chairmen of those Committees shall then de-
termine information to be shared with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security so that such Secretary can investigate 
the unauthorized employment demonstrated by such evi-
dence. 
Æ 
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