(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 secu-
rity 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 confiden-
tiality 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. 
Sec. 12. Enhanced penalties in cases of terrorism, drug trafficking, crimes of 
violence, or prior offenses. 
Sec. 13. Regulatory and enforcement authority with respect to misuse of the so-
cial security account number. 
Sec. 14. Study on feasibility of banning social security account number as an 
authenticator. 
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 sub-
clause (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 
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disclosure of such number is a statutory or regulatory re-
quirement. Notwithstanding 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. 
‘‘(III) Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social secu-
rity account number may be sold by a governmental entity 
to the extent that is necessary or appropriate for law en-
forcement or national security purposes, as determined 
under regulations which shall be issued as provided in sec-
tion 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 sec-
tion 2721 of title 18, United States Code, if such number 
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is to be used pursuant to such sale solely for purposes 
permitted under paragraph (1), (6), or (9) of such sub-
section. 
‘‘(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)). 
‘‘(VII) Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social secu-
rity account number may be sold by a governmental entity 
to the extent necessary for research (other than market 
research) conducted by any governmental entity for the 
purpose 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 iden-
tifiable individuals, that information about identifiable in-
dividuals obtained from the research will not be used to 
make decisions 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 confidentiality of any information about identifiable 
individuals, including procedures to ensure that the social 
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security account numbers will be encrypted or otherwise 
appropriately secured from unauthorized disclosure. In the 
case of medical research, the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity shall maintain 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 secu-
rity account numbers which constitute personally identifi-
able medical information 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 Health Insurance Portability and Ac-
countability Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 2033). 
‘‘(VIII) Notwithstanding subclause (I), a social secu-
rity account number may be sold or displayed to the gen-
eral public by a governmental entity under such other cir-
cumstances as may be specified in regulations issued as 
provided in section 1129C. 
‘‘(IX) This clause does not apply with respect to a 
social security account number of a deceased individual. 
‘‘(X) For purposes of this clause, the term ‘govern-
mental entity’ means an executive, legislative, or judicial 
agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or 
of a State or political subdivision thereof, a federally rec-
ognized Indian tribe, or a trustee appointed in a case 
under title 11, United States Code. Such term includes 
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a person acting as an agent of such an agency or instru-
mentality, Indian tribe, or trustee. For purposes of this 
subclause, the term ‘State’ has the meaning provided in 
subparagraph (D)(iii)(II). 
‘‘(XI) For purposes of this clause, the term ‘sell’ 
means, in connection with a social security account, to ob-
tain, directly or indirectly, anything of value in exchange 
for such number. Such term does not include the submis-
sion of such number as part of the process for applying 
for any type of Government benefits or programs (such 
as grants, loans, or welfare or other public assistance pro-
grams) or as part of the administration of, or provision 
of benefits under, an employee benefit plan. 
‘‘(XII) For purposes of this clause, the term ‘display 
to the general public’ shall have the meaning provided 
such term in section 208A(a)(3)(A). In any case in which 
a governmental entity requires transmittal to such govern-
mental entity of an individual’s social security account 
number by means of the Internet without ensuring that 
such number is encrypted or otherwise appropriately se-
cured from disclosure, any such transmittal of such num-
ber as so required shall be treated, for purposes of this 
clause, as a ‘display to the general public’ of such number 
by such governmental entity for purposes of this clause. 
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‘‘(XIII) For purposes of this clause, the term ‘social 
security account number’ includes any derivative of such 
number. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any ex-
pression, contained in or on any item sold or displayed 
to the general public, shall not be treated as a social secu-
rity account number solely because such expression sets 
forth not more than the last 4 digits of such number, if 
the remainder of such number cannot be determined based 
solely on such expression or any other matter presented 
in or on such item. 
‘‘(XIV) Nothing in the preceding subclauses of this 
clause shall be construed as superseding, altering, or af-
fecting any statute, regulation, order, or interpretation in 
effect under any other Federal or State law, except to the 
extent that such statute, regulation, order, or interpreta-
tion is inconsistent with such subclauses, and then only 
to the extent of the inconsistency. For purposes of this 
subclause, a statue, regulation, order, or interpretation is 
not inconsistent with the preceding subclauses of this 
clause if the protection such statute, regulation, order, or 
interpretation affords any person is greater than the pro-
tection provided under such subclauses.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND RELATED RULES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Initial final regulations pre-
scribed to carry out the provisions of section 
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preceding provisions of this Act) is amended further by 
adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(xii) No governmental entity (as defined in clause 
(x)(X)), and no other person offering benefits in connec-
tion with an employee benefit plan maintained by such 
governmental entity, may display a social security account 
number (or any derivative thereof) on any card or tag that 
is commonly provided— 
‘‘(I) to employees of such governmental entity, 
‘‘(II) in the case of a governmental entity which 
is an educational institution, to its students, or 
‘‘(III) in the case of a governmental entity 
which is a medical institution, to its patients, 
(or to their family members) for purposes of identification 
or include on such card or tag a magnetic strip, bar code, 
or other means of communication which conveys such 
number (or derivative thereof). The requirements of this 
clause shall also apply to the Medicare card issued by the 
Department of Health and Human Services.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to cards or tags issued 
after 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
except that the last sentence of section 205(c)(2)(C)(xii) 
(as added by this section) shall take effect 2 and one-half 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 5. PROHIBITION OF INMATE ACCESS TO SOCIAL SECU-
RITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) (as amended by the 
preceding provisions of this Act) is amended further by 
adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(xiii) No governmental entity (as defined in clause 
(x)(X)) may employ, or enter into a contract for the use 
or employment of, prisoners in any capacity that would 
allow such prisoners access to the social security account 
numbers of other individuals (or any derivatives of such 
numbers). For purposes of this clause, the term ‘prisoner’ 
means an individual confined in a jail, prison, or other 
penal institution or correctional facility.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendment made by this section shall 
apply with respect to employment of prisoners, or 
entry into contract for the use or employment of 
prisoners, on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) 
TREATMENT
OF
CURRENT
ARRANGE-
MENTS.—In the case of— 
(A) prisoners employed as described in 
clause (xiii) of section 205(c)(2)(C) of the So-
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cial Security Act (as added by this section) on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(B) contracts described in such clause in 
effect on such date, 
the amendment made by this section shall take ef-
fect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 6. MEASURES TO PRECLUDE UNAUTHORIZED DISCLO-
SURE BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES OF SO-
CIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND 
PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUCH 
NUMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) (as amended by the 
preceding provisions of this Act) is amended further by 
adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(xiv) Except as otherwise provided in this para-
graph, in the case of any governmental entity (as defined 
in clause (x)(X)) having access to an individual’s social 
security account number— 
‘‘(I) no officer or employee thereof shall have 
access to such number for any purpose other than 
the effective administration of the statutory provi-
sions governing its functions, 
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‘‘(II) such governmental entity shall restrict, to 
the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity, access to social security account numbers ob-
tained thereby to officers and employees thereof 
whose duties or responsibilities require access for the 
administration or enforcement of such provisions, 
and 
‘‘(III) such governmental entity shall provide 
such other safeguards as the Commissioner deter-
mines to be necessary or appropriate to preclude un-
authorized access to the social security account num-
ber and to otherwise protect the confidentiality of 
such number. 
For purposes of this clause the term ‘social security ac-
count number’ includes any derivative thereof.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR TRUNCATION OF THE 
SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) (as amended by the 
preceding provisions of this Act) is amended further by 
adding at the end the following new clause: 
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‘‘(xv) The truncation by any governmental entity (as 
defined in clause (x)(X)) or by any person in the private 
sector of an individual’s social security account number 
which is used by such governmental entity or person other-
wise in accordance with the requirements of this Act shall 
be in accordance with a uniform truncation standard 
which shall be specified in regulations prescribed by the 
Commissioner of Social Security. Under such standard, 
the number as truncated shall set forth not more than the 
last 4 digits of the number. Nothing in this clause shall 
be construed to authorize any use of the social security 
account number which is not otherwise authorized by this 
title or regulations prescribed thereunder.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Initial final regulations pre-
scribed 
to 
carry 
out 
the 
provisions 
of 
section 
205(c)(2)(C)(xv) 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 provisions shall take effect, with respect 
to matters governed by such regulations issued by the 
Commissioner or any other agency or instrumentality of 
the United States, 1 year after the date of the issuance 
of such regulations by the Commissioner or such other 
agency or instrumentality, respectively. 
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SEC. 8. PROHIBITION OF THE SALE, PURCHASE, AND DIS-
PLAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE SO-
CIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER IN THE 
PRIVATE SECTOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Social Security Act 
is amended by inserting after section 208 (42 U.S.C. 408) 
the following new section: 
‘‘PROHIBITION OF THE SALE, PURCHASE, AND DISPLAY 
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY 
ACCOUNT NUMBER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR 
‘‘SEC. 208A. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
section: 
‘‘(1) PERSON.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the term ‘person’ means any indi-
vidual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, 
cooperative, association, or any other entity. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION OF GOVERNMENTAL EN-
TITIES.—Such term does not include a govern-
mental entity. Nothing in this subparagraph 
shall be construed to authorize, in connection 
with a governmental entity, an act or practice 
otherwise prohibited under this section or sec-
tion 205(c)(2)(C). 
‘‘(2) SELLING AND PURCHASING.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B)— 
‘‘(i) SELL.—The term ‘sell’ in connec-
tion with a social security account number 
means to obtain, directly or indirectly, any-
thing of value in exchange for such num-
ber. 
‘‘(ii) PURCHASE.—The term ‘pur-
chase’ in connection with a social security 
account number means to provide, directly 
or indirectly, anything of value in exchange 
for such number. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The terms ‘sell’ and 
‘purchase’ in connection with a social security 
account number do not include the submission 
of such number as part of— 
‘‘(i) the process for applying for any 
type of Government benefits or programs 
(such as grants or loans or welfare or 
other public assistance programs), 
‘‘(ii) the administration of, or provi-
sion of benefits under, an employee benefit 
plan, or 
‘‘(iii) the sale, lease, merger, transfer, 
or exchange of a trade or business. 
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‘‘(3) DISPLAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘display to 
the general public’ means, in connection with a 
social security account number, to intentionally 
place such number in a viewable manner on an 
Internet site that is available to the general 
public or to make such number available in any 
other manner intended to provide access to such 
number by the general public. 
‘‘(B) INTERNET TRANSMISSIONS.—In any 
case in which a person requires transmittal to 
such person of an individual’s social security ac-
count number by means of the Internet without 
ensuring that such number is encrypted or oth-
erwise well-secured from disclosure, any such 
transmittal of such number as so required shall 
be treated as a ‘display to the general public’ 
of such number by such person. 
‘‘(4) SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘social secu-
rity account number’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 208(e), except that such 
term includes any derivative of such number. 
‘‘(B) 
4-DIGIT
EXPRESSION.—Notwith-
standing the preceding sentence, for purposes of 
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subsection (b)(1)(A), any expression, contained 
in or on any item sold or displayed to the gen-
eral public, shall not be treated as a social secu-
rity account number solely because such expres-
sion sets forth not more than the last 4 digits 
of such number, if the remainder of such num-
ber cannot be determined based solely on such 
expression or any other matter presented in or 
on such item. 
‘‘(5) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘govern-
mental entity’ means an executive, legislative, 
or judicial agency or instrumentality of the 
Federal Government, a State or political sub-
division thereof, a federally recognized Indian 
tribe, or a trustee appointed in a case under 
title 11, United States Code. Such term in-
cludes a person acting as an agent of such an 
agency or instrumentality, Indian tribe, or 
trustee. 
‘‘(B) STATE.—The term ‘State’ includes 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and 
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
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‘‘(b) PROHIBITION OF SALE, PURCHASE, AND DIS-
PLAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person to— 
‘‘(A) sell or purchase a social security ac-
count number or display to the general public 
a social security account number, or 
‘‘(B) obtain or use any individual’s social 
security account number for the purpose of lo-
cating or identifying such individual with the 
intent to harass, harm, or physically injure such 
individual or using the identity of such indi-
vidual for any illegal purpose. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), and subject to paragraph (3), a so-
cial security account number may be sold or 
purchased by any person to the extent provided 
in this subsection (and for no other purpose) as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) to the extent necessary for law 
enforcement, including (but not limited to) 
the enforcement of a child support obliga-
tion, as determined under regulations 
issued as provided in section 1129C; 
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‘‘(ii) to the extent necessary for na-
tional security purposes, as determined 
under regulations issued as provided in 
section 1129C; 
‘‘(iii) to the extent necessary for pub-
lic health purposes; 
‘‘(iv) to the extent necessary in emer-
gency situations to protect the health or 
safety of 1 or more individuals; 
‘‘(v) to the extent that the sale or pur-
chase is required to comply with a tax law 
of the United States or of any State (or 
political subdivision thereof); 
‘‘(vi) to the extent that the sale or 
purchase is to or by 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)); 
and 
‘‘(vii) to the extent necessary for re-
search (other than market research) con-
ducted by an agency or instrumentality of 
the United States or of a State or political 
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subdivision thereof (or a person acting as 
an agent of such an agency or instrumen-
tality) for the purpose of advancing the 
public good, on the condition that the re-
searcher provides adequate assurances 
that— 
‘‘(I) the social security account 
numbers will not be used to harass, 
target, or publicly reveal information 
concerning any identifiable individ-
uals; 
‘‘(II) information about identifi-
able individuals obtained from the re-
search will not be used to make deci-
sions that directly affect the rights, 
benefits, or privileges of specific indi-
viduals; and 
‘‘(III) the researcher has in place 
appropriate safeguards to protect the 
privacy and confidentiality of any in-
formation about identifiable individ-
uals, including procedures to ensure 
that the social security account num-
bers will be encrypted or otherwise ap-
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propriately secured from unauthorized 
disclosure. 
‘‘(B) MEDICAL RESEARCH.—In the case of 
research referred to in subparagraph (A)(vii) 
consisting of medical research, the Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall maintain 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 se-
curity account numbers which constitute per-
sonally identifiable medical information is per-
mitted only in compliance with existing Federal 
rules and regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services pursuant 
to section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Port-
ability and Accountability Act of 1996 (110 
Stat. 2033). 
‘‘(3) CONSENT
AND
OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES 
DETERMINED
BY
REGULATION.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1), a social security account number as-
signed to an individual may be sold or purchased by 
any person— 
‘‘(A) to the extent consistent with such in-
dividual’s voluntary and affirmative written 
consent to the sale or purchase, but only if— 
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‘‘(i) the terms of the consent and the 
right to refuse consent are presented to the 
individual in a clear, conspicuous, and un-
derstandable manner, 
‘‘(ii) the individual is placed under no 
obligation to provide consent to any such 
sale or purchase, and 
‘‘(iii) the terms of the consent author-
ize the individual to limit the sale or pur-
chase to purposes directly associated with 
the transaction with respect to which the 
consent is sought, and 
‘‘(B) under such circumstances as may be 
deemed appropriate in regulations issued as 
provided under section 1129C. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION OF DISPLAY ON CHECKS.—It shall 
be unlawful for any person to include the social security 
account number of any other individual on any check 
issued for any payment by such person or on any docu-
ment attached to or accompanying such a check. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE 
TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OR INSTRUMENTALITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 
person to communicate by any means to any agency 
or instrumentality of the United States or of any 
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State or political subdivision thereof the social secu-
rity account number of any individual other than 
such person without the written permission of such 
individual, unless the number was requested by the 
agency or instrumentality. In the case of an indi-
vidual who is legally incompetent, permission pro-
vided by the individual’s legal representatives shall 
be deemed to be permission provided by such indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to the extent necessary— 
‘‘(A) for law enforcement, including (but 
not limited to) the enforcement of a child sup-
port obligation, or 
‘‘(B) for national security purposes, 
as determined under regulations issued as provided 
under section 1129C. 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION OF THE DISPLAYS ON CARDS OR 
TAGS REQUIRED FOR ACCESS TO GOODS, SERVICES, OR 
BENEFITS.—No person may display a social security ac-
count number on any card or tag issued to any other per-
son for the purpose of providing such other person access 
to any goods, services, or benefits or include on such card 
or tag a magnetic strip, bar code, or other means of com-
munication which conveys such number. 
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‘‘(f) PROHIBITION OF THE DISPLAYS ON EMPLOYEE 
IDENTIFICATION CARDS OR TAGS.—No person that is an 
employer, and no other person offering benefits in connec-
tion with an employee benefit plan maintained by such em-
ployer or acting as an agent of such employer, may display 
a social security account number on any card or tag that 
is commonly provided to employees of such employer (or 
to their family members) for purposes of identification or 
include on such card or tag a magnetic strip, bar code, 
or other means of communication which conveys such 
number. 
‘‘(g) MEASURES TO PRECLUDE UNAUTHORIZED DIS-
CLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND 
PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUCH NUMBERS.— 
Subject to the preceding provisions of this section, any 
person having access to the social security account number 
of any individual other than such person shall, to the ex-
tent that such access is maintained for the conduct of such 
person’s trade or business— 
‘‘(1) ensure that no officer or employee thereof 
has access to such number for any purpose other 
than as necessary for the conduct of such person’s 
trade or business, 
‘‘(2) restrict, in accordance with regulations of 
the Commissioner of Social Security, access to social 
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security account numbers obtained thereby to offi-
cers and employees thereof whose duties or respon-
sibilities require access for the conduct of such per-
son’s trade or business, and 
‘‘(3) provide such safeguards as may be speci-
fied, in regulations of the Commissioner of Social 
Security, to be necessary or appropriate to preclude 
unauthorized access to the social security account 
number and to otherwise protect the confidentiality 
of such number. 
‘‘(h) DECEASED INDIVIDUALS.—This section does 
not apply with respect to the social security account num-
ber of a deceased individual. 
‘‘(i) APPLICABILITY
OF OTHER PROTECTIONS.— 
Nothing in the preceding subsections of this section shall 
be construed as superseding, altering, or affecting any 
statutory provision, regulation, order, or interpretation in 
effect under any other Federal or State law, except to the 
extent that such statutory provision, regulation, order, or 
interpretation is inconsistent with such subsections, and 
then only to the extent of the inconsistency. For purposes 
of this subclause, a statutory provision, regulation, order, 
or interpretation is not inconsistent with the preceding 
subsections of this section if the protection such statutory 
provision, regulation, order, or interpretation affords any 
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