IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6678 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
that aliens who have been convicted of or who have 
committed Social Security fraud are inadmissible and 
deportable. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consequences for So-
cial Security Fraud Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 
TO SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTIFICA-
TION DOCUMENT FRAUD. 
(a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTI-
FICATION DOCUMENT FRAUD.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any alien who has 
been convicted of, who admits having com-
mitted, or who admits committing acts 
which constitute the essential elements of a 
covered COVID offense, an offense under 
section 208 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 408) (relating to social security ac-
count numbers or social security cards), an 
offense under section 1028 of title 18, 
United States Code (relating to fraud and 
related activity in connection with identi-
fication documents, authentication fea-
tures, and information), or a conspiracy to 
commit such an offense, is inadmissible. 
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‘‘(ii) COVERED COVID OFFENSE.—For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘covered COVID offense’ means an offense 
of fraud pertaining to— 
‘‘(I) a loan made under— 
‘‘(aa) paragraph (36) or 
(37) of subsection (a) of section 
7 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636); or 
‘‘(bb) subsection (b) of such 
section 
in 
response 
to 
the 
COVID–19 pandemic; or 
‘‘(II) a grant made under— 
‘‘(aa) section 5003 of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c); or 
‘‘(bb) section 324 of the 
Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small 
Businesses, 
Nonprofits, 
and 
Venues Act (15 U.S.C. 9009a).’’. 
(b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD OR IDENTI-
FICATION DOCUMENT FRAUD.—Any alien who 
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has been convicted of, who admits having com-
mitted, or who admits committing acts which 
constitute the essential elements of a covered 
COVID offense (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 212(a)(2)(J)(ii)), an offense under section 
208 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408) 
(relating to social security account numbers or 
social security cards), an offense under section 
1028 of title 18, United States Code (relating 
to fraud and related activity in connection with 
identification documents, authentication fea-
tures, and information), or a conspiracy to com-
mit such an offense, is deportable.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 31, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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