in section 207(c), pursuant to requests by persons
entitled to such benefits’’;
(2) by inserting before the period at the end of
paragraph (1)(A) the following: ‘‘and the functions
of the Social Security Administration in connection
with the withholding of taxes from benefits, as de-
scribed in section 207(c), pursuant to requests by
persons entitled to such benefits’’;
(3) in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (A)),’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A))
and the functions of the Social Security Administra-
tion in connection with the withholding of taxes from
benefits, as described in section 207(c), pursuant to
requests by persons entitled to such benefits,’’;
(4) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii), by inserting before
the period the following: ‘‘and the functions of the
Social Security Administration in connection with
the withholding of taxes from benefits, as described
in section 207(c), pursuant to requests by persons
entitled to such benefits’’;
(5) in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting after
‘‘section 232’’ the following: ‘‘and the functions of
the Social Security Administration in connection
with the withholding of taxes from benefits as de-
scribed in section 207(c)’’; and
(6) in paragraph (4), by inserting after the first
sentence the following: ‘‘The Boards of Trustees of
such Trust Funds shall prescribe before January 1,
1997, the method of determining the costs which
should be borne by the general fund in the Treasury
of carrying out the functions of the Social Security
Administration in connection with the withholding of
taxes from benefits, as described in section 207(c),
pursuant to requests by persons entitled to such
benefits.’’.
SEC. 6. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.
(a) IMPLEMENTATION
OF PROHIBITION AGAINST
PAYMENT OF TITLE II BENEFITS TO PRISONERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(3) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)) is amend-
ed—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(B)(i) The Commissioner shall enter into an agree-
ment, with any interested State or local institution com-
prising a jail, prison, penal institution, correctional facil-
ity, or other institution a purpose of which is to confine
individuals as described in paragraph (1)(A), under
which—
‘‘(I) the institution shall provide to the Com-
missioner, on a monthly basis and in a manner spec-
ified by the Commissioner, the names, social security
account numbers, dates of birth, confinement com-
mencement dates, and, to the extent available to the
institution, such other identifying information con-
cerning the individuals confined in the institution as
the Commissioner may require for the purpose of
carrying out paragraph (1); and
‘‘(II) except as provided in clause (ii), the Com-
missioner shall pay to the institution, with respect to
information described in subclause (I) concerning
each individual who is confined therein as described
in paragraph (1)(A), to whom a benefit under this
title is payable for the month preceding the first
month of such confinement, and whose benefit under
this title ceases to be payable as a result of the ap-
plication of this subsection, $400 (subject to reduc-
tion under clause (iii)) if the institution furnishes
the information to the Commissioner within 30 days
after the date such individual’s confinement in such
institution begins, or $200 (subject to reduction
under clause (iii)) if the institution furnishes the in-
formation after 30 days after such date but within
90 days after such date.
‘‘(ii) No amount shall be payable to an institution
with respect to information concerning an individual under
an agreement entered into under clause (i) if, prior to the
Commissioner’s receipt of the information, the Commis-
sioner has determined that benefits under this title are
no longer payable to such individual as a result of the ap-
plication of this subsection.
‘‘(iii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II)
shall be reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also
required to make a payment to the institution with respect
to the same individual under an agreement entered into
under section 1611(e)(1)(I).
‘‘(iv) There shall be transferred from the Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as appropriate,
such sums as may be necessary to enable the Commis-
sioner to make payments to institutions required by clause
(i)(II). Sums so transferred shall be treated as direct
spending for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and excluded from
budget totals in accordance with section 13301 of the
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.
‘‘(v) The Commissioner is authorized to provide, on
a reimbursable basis, information obtained pursuant to
agreements entered into under clause (i) to any Federal
or federally-assisted cash, food, or medical assistance pro-
gram for eligibility purposes.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply as if included in the
enactment of section 203(a) of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996.
(b) ELIMINATION OF TITLE II REQUIREMENT THAT
CONFINEMENT STEM FROM CRIME PUNISHABLE BY IM-
PRISONMENT FOR MORE THAN 1 YEAR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(1)(A) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)) is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘during’’ and inserting ‘‘throughout’’;
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘an offense
punishable by imprisonment for more than 1
year (regardless of the actual sentence im-
posed)’’ and inserting ‘‘a criminal offense’’; and
(C) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘an of-
fense punishable by imprisonment for more
than 1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘a criminal of-
fense’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall be effective with respect to
benefits payable for months after February 1997.