chase, or display to the general public of social security 
account numbers only after considering, among other rel-
evant factors— 
‘‘(A) the associated cost or burden to the gen-
eral public, businesses, commercial enterprises, non- 
profit organizations, and Federal, State, and local 
governments; and 
‘‘(B) the associated benefit to the general pub-
lic, businesses, commercial enterprises, non-profit as-
sociations, and Federal, State, and local govern-
ments. 
‘‘(4) If, after considering the factors in paragraph 
(3), the Commissioner authorizes, in regulations referred 
to in paragraph (3), the sale, purchase, or display to the 
general public of social security account numbers, the 
Commissioner shall impose restrictions and conditions on 
the sale, purchase, or display to the general public to the 
extent necessary— 
‘‘(A) to provide reasonable assurances that so-
cial security account numbers will not be used to 
commit or facilitate fraud, deceptions, or crime, and 
‘‘(B) to prevent an unreasonable risk of identity 
theft or bodily, emotional, or financial harm to any 
individual, considering the nature, likelihood, and se-
verity of the anticipated harm that could result from 
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the sale, purchase, or display to the general public 
of social security account numbers, together with the 
nature, likelihood, and extent of any benefits that 
could be realized. 
‘‘(5) In the issuance of regulations described in para-
graph (1), notice shall be provided as described in para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 553(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, and opportunity to participate in the rule 
making shall be provided in accordance with section 
553(c) of such title. 
‘‘(6) Each agency and instrumentality exercising au-
thority to issue regulations under this subsection shall 
consult and coordinate with the other such agencies and 
instrumentalities for the purposes of assuring, to the ex-
tent possible, that the regulations prescribed by each such 
agency or instrumentality are consistent and comparable, 
as appropriate, with the regulations prescribed by the 
other such agencies and instrumentalities. The Commis-
sioner shall undertake to facilitate such consultation and 
coordination.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Initial final regulations pre-
scribed to carry out the provisions of section 208A of the 
Social Security Act (added by this section) shall be issued 
not later than the last date of the 18th calendar month 
following the date of the enactment of this Act. Such pro-
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visions shall take effect 1 year after the date of the 
issuance of such regulations. Section 208A(b) of such Act 
shall apply in the case of displays to the general public 
(as defined in section 208A(a)(3) of such Act) to such dis-
plays to the general public originally occurring after such 
1-year period. Such provisions shall not apply with respect 
to any such display to the general public of a record (con-
taining a social security account number (or any derivative 
thereof)) generated prior to the close of such 1-year pe-
riod. 
Æ 
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