I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5362 
To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with 
obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of 
obtaining a replacement social security card for certain victims of domes-
tic violence, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2014 
Mr. MURPHY of Florida (for himself, Mr. PITTENGER, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 
DELANEY, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. GARCIA, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. 
MOORE, Ms. EDWARDS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. BARROW of Georgia, 
Mrs. BUSTOS, and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees 
associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identi-
fication card for purposes of obtaining a replacement 
social security card for certain victims of domestic vio-
lence, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN-
ISTRATION TO PAY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH 
OBTAINING BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR STATE 
IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR PURPOSES OF 
OBTAINING A REPLACEMENT SOCIAL SECU-
RITY CARD FOR CERTAIN VICTIMS OF DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2)(G) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(G)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘The Commis-
sioner’’; and 
(2) by adding after and below the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(ii)(I) In the case of a person described in subclause 
(II) who has submitted to the Commissioner an applica-
tion to replace a social security card issued to the person, 
the Commissioner shall pay any fees charged by any gov-
ernmental authority for furnishing the person with any of 
the following documents required to be submitted as part 
of the application: 
‘‘(aa) A birth certificate of the person. 
‘‘(bb) An identification card issued to the per-
son by a State, that shows that the person is a resi-
dent of the State. 
‘‘(II) A person described in this subclause is a person 
who— 
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‘‘(aa) is verified by the staff of a shelter (as de-
fined in section 302(9) of the Family Violence Pre-
vention and Services Act) to be a resident of the 
shelter and is a victim of domestic violence (as de-
fined in section 302(3) of such Act) or is a depend-
ent of such a resident; or 
‘‘(bb) is verified by the staff of an organization 
providing supportive services (as defined in section 
302(12) of such Act) to be a recipient of such serv-
ices or is a dependent of such a person. 
‘‘(III) A provision by a person described in subclause 
(I) of authorization to release information about the per-
son, and the provision of information pursuant to the au-
thorization, shall not be construed to be a waiver of any 
privilege of the person, under Federal or State law, relat-
ing to the confidentiality of communications between a do-
mestic violence victim and an advocate of such a victim.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to applications submitted after 
the 90-day period that begins with the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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