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Union Calendar No. 210 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3046 
[Report No. 110–339] 
To amend the Social Security Act to enhance Social Security account number 
privacy protections, to prevent fraudulent misuse of the Social Security 
account number, and to otherwise enhance protection against identity 
theft, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2007 
Mr. MCNULTY (for himself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
MCCRERY, Mr. STARK, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LEWIS 
of Kentucky, Mr. WOLF, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. POMEROY, 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Ms. 
MATSUI, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. FARR, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. FILNER, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, and Mr. HINCHEY) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. 
SAXTON, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. CARTER, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. KING of New 
York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. HIG-
GINS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. GOHMERT, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. OBEY, 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE 
of Florida, Mr. PASTOR, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DELAHUNT, 
Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. SESTAK, 
Ms. FOXX, and Mr. REYES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 16, 2007] 
A BILL 
To amend the Social Security Act to enhance Social Security 
account number privacy protections, to prevent fraudu-
lent misuse of the Social Security account number, and 
to otherwise enhance protection against identity theft, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘So-
cial Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Preven-
tion Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is as 
follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Restrictions on the sale or display to the general public of social security 
account numbers by governmental entities. 
Sec. 3. Prohibition of display of social security account numbers on checks issued 
for payment by governmental entities. 
Sec. 4. Prohibition of the display of social security account numbers on certain 
government identification cards or tags. 
Sec. 5. Prohibition of inmate access to social security account numbers. 
Sec. 6. Measures to preclude unauthorized disclosure by governmental entities of 
social security account numbers and protect the confidentiality 
of such numbers. 
Sec. 7. Uniform standards for truncation of the social security account number. 
Sec. 8. Prohibition of the sale, purchase, and display to the general public of the 
social security account number in the private sector. 
Sec. 9. New criminal penalties for misuse of social security account numbers. 
Sec. 10. Extension of civil monetary penalty authority. 
Sec. 11. Criminal penalties for employees of the Social Security Administration 
who knowingly and fraudulently issue social security cards or 
social security account numbers. 
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Sec. 12. Enhanced penalties in cases of terrorism, drug trafficking, crimes of vio-
lence, or prior offenses. 
Sec. 13. Regulatory and enforcement authority with respect to misuse of the social 
security account number. 
Sec. 14. Study on feasibility of banning social security account number as an au-
thenticator. 
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE OR DISPLAY TO THE 
GENERAL PUBLIC OF SOCIAL SECURITY AC-
COUNT NUMBERS BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(x)(I) A governmental entity (as defined in subclause 
(X)) may not sell or display to the general public any social 
security account number if such number has been disclosed 
to such governmental entity pursuant to the assertion by 
such governmental entity to any person that disclosure of 
such number is a statutory or regulatory requirement. Not-
withstanding the preceding sentence, such number may be 
sold or displayed to the general public in accordance with 
the exceptions specified in subclauses (II), (III), (IV), (V), 
(VI), (VII), and (VIII) (and for no other purpose). 
‘‘(II) Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security 
account number may be sold by a governmental entity to 
the extent that such sale is specifically authorized by this 
Act or the Privacy Act of 1974. 
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‘‘(III) Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security 
account number may be sold by a governmental entity to 
the extent that is necessary or appropriate for law enforce-
ment or national security purposes, as determined under 
regulations which shall be issued as provided in section 
1129C. 
‘‘(IV) Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security 
account number may be sold by a governmental entity to 
the extent that such sale is required to comply with a tax 
law of the United States or of any State (or political sub-
division thereof). 
‘‘(V) Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security 
account number may be sold by a State department of 
motor vehicles as authorized under subsection (b) of section 
2721 of title 18, United States Code, if such number is to 
be used pursuant to such sale solely for purposes permitted 
under paragraph (1), (6), or (9) of such subsection. 
‘‘(VI) Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security 
account number may be sold or otherwise made available 
by a governmental entity to a consumer reporting agency 
(as defined in section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting 
Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f))) for use or disclosure solely for 
permissible purposes described in section 604(a) of such Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1681b(a)). 
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‘‘(VII) Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social security 
account number may be sold by a governmental entity to 
the extent necessary for research (other than market re-
search) conducted by any governmental entity for the pur-
pose of advancing the public good, on the condition that 
the researcher provides adequate assurances that the social 
security account numbers will not be used to harass, target, 
or publicly reveal information concerning any identifiable 
individuals, that information about identifiable individuals 
obtained from the research will not be used to make deci-
sions that directly affect the rights, benefits, or privileges 
of specific individuals, and that the researcher has in place 
appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy and confiden-
tiality of any information about identifiable individuals, 
including procedures to ensure that the social security ac-
count numbers will be encrypted or otherwise appropriately 
secured from unauthorized disclosure. In the case of medical 
research, the Commissioner of Social Security shall main-
tain ongoing consultation with the Office for Civil Rights 
of the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure 
that the sale or purchase of social security account numbers 
which constitute personally identifiable medical informa-
tion is permitted only in compliance with existing Federal 
rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services pursuant to section 264(c) of the 
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