I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2504 
To amend the Social Security Act to make certain revisions to provisions 
limiting payment of benefits to fugitive felons under titles II, VIII, 
and XVI of the Social Security Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2015 
Mrs. NOEM (for herself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. 
KELLY of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Social Security Act to make certain revisions 
to provisions limiting payment of benefits to fugitive 
felons under titles II, VIII, and XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act. 
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 ‘‘Control Unlawful Fu-
gitive Felons Act of 2015’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:52 May 28, 2015
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2504.IH
H2504
SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
SEC. 2. REVISIONS TO PROVISIONS LIMITING PAYMENT OF 
BENEFITS TO FUGITIVE FELONS UNDER TI-
TLES II, VIII, AND XVI OF THE SOCIAL SECU-
RITY ACT. 
(a) TITLE II AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FUGITIVE
FELON
WARRANT
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 202(x)(1)(A)(iv) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)(iv)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fleeing to avoid’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the subject of an arrest warrant for 
the purpose of’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the place from which the 
person flees’’ the first place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the jurisdiction issuing the warrant’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the place from which the 
person flees’’ the second place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘the jurisdiction’’. 
(2) PROBATION AND PAROLE VIOLATOR WAR-
RANT
REQUIREMENT.—Section 202(x)(1)(A)(v) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)(v)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(v) is the subject of an arrest war-
rant for violating a condition of probation 
or parole imposed under Federal or State 
law.’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:52 May 28, 2015
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2504.IH
H2504
SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
(b) TITLE VIII AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FUGITIVE
FELON
WARRANT
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 804(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1004(a)(2)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fleeing to avoid’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the subject of an arrest warrant for 
the purpose of’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the jurisdiction within the 
United States from which the person has fled’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any jurisdiction within the 
United States’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘place from which the per-
son has fled’’ and inserting ‘‘jurisdiction issuing 
the warrant’’. 
(2) PROBATION
AND
PAROLE
WARRANT
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 804(a)(3) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1004(a)(3)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(3) during any part of which the individual is 
the subject of an arrest warrant for violating a con-
dition of probation or parole imposed under Federal 
or State law; or’’. 
(3) DISCLOSURE.—Section 804 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1004) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:52 May 28, 2015
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2504.IH
H2504
SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a 
of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 
Federal or State law (other than section 6103 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 1106(c) of this 
Act), the Commissioner shall furnish any Federal, State, 
or local law enforcement officer, upon written request of 
the officer, with the current address, Social Security num-
ber, and photograph (if applicable) of any individual who 
is a recipient of (or would be such a recipient but for the 
application of paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a)) ben-
efits under this title, if the officer furnishes the Commis-
sioner with the name of the individual and other identi-
fying information as reasonably required by the Commis-
sioner to establish the unique identity of the individual, 
and notifies the Commissioner that— 
‘‘(1) the individual is described in paragraph 
(2) or (3) of subsection (a); and 
‘‘(2) the location or apprehension of such indi-
vidual is within the officer’s official duties.’’. 
(c) TITLE XVI AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FUGITIVE
FELON
WARRANT
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 1611(e)(4)(A)(i) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382(e)(4)(A)(i)) is amended— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:52 May 28, 2015
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2504.IH
H2504
SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
(A) by striking ‘‘fleeing to avoid’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the subject of an arrest warrant for 
the purpose of’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the place from which the 
person flees’’ the first place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the jurisdiction issuing the warrant’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the place from which the 
person flees’’ the second place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘the jurisdiction’’. 
(2) PROBATION
AND
PAROLE
WARRANT
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 1611(e)(4)(A)(ii) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(4)(A)(ii)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) the subject of an arrest warrant 
for violating a condition of probation or 
parole imposed under Federal or State 
law’’. 
(3) DISCLOSURE.—Section 1611(e)(5) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(5)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘any recipient of’’ and in-
serting ‘‘any individual who is a recipient of (or 
would be such a recipient but for the applica-
tion of paragraph (4)(A)’’; and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:52 May 28, 2015
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2504.IH
H2504
SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS