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Union Calendar No. 108 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2581 
[Report No. 115–161, Part I] 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the provision of 
social security numbers as a condition of receiving the health insurance 
premium tax credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2017 
Mr. BARLETTA (for himself, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. RENACCI, Mrs. 
NOEM, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. 
ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. MCKINLEY, and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
JUNE 2, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. BLACK, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
DUNCAN of Tennessee 
JUNE 2, 2017 
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JUNE 2, 2017 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 22, 2017] 
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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 ‘‘Verify First Act’’. 
SEC. 2. VERIFICATION OF STATUS IN UNITED STATES AS 
CONDITION OF RECEIVING ADVANCE PAY-
MENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX 
CREDIT. 
(a) APPLICATION TO CURRENT HEALTH INSURANCE 
PREMIUM TAX CREDIT.—Section 36B of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, as in effect for months beginning before 
January 1, 2020, is amended by redesignating subsection 
(g) as subsection (h) and by inserting after subsection (f) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) VERIFICATION OF STATUS IN UNITED STATES 
FOR ADVANCE PAYMENT.—No advance payment of the cred-
it allowed under this section with respect to any premium 
under subsection (b)(2)(A) with respect to any individual 
shall be made under section 1412 of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act unless the Secretary has received 
confirmation from the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services that the Commissioner of Social Security or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security has verified under section 
1411(c)(2) of such Act the individual’s status as a citizen 
or national of the United States or an alien lawfully 
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present in the United States using a process that includes 
the appropriate use of information related to citizenship or 
immigration status, such as social security account num-
bers (but not individual taxpayer identification num-
bers).’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO NEW HEALTH INSURANCE PRE-
MIUM TAX CREDIT.—Section 36B of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, as amended by the American Health Care 
Act of 2017 and in effect for months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2019, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(h) VERIFICATION OF STATUS IN UNITED STATES 
FOR ADVANCE PAYMENT.—No advance payment of the cred-
it allowed under this section with respect to any amount 
under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(1) with 
respect to any individual shall be made under section 1412 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unless 
the Secretary has received confirmation from the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services that the Commissioner of 
Social Security or the Secretary of Homeland Security has 
verified under section 1411(c)(2) of such Act the individ-
ual’s status as a citizen or national of the United States 
or a qualified alien (within the meaning of section 431 of 
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641)) using a process 
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that includes the appropriate use of information related to 
citizenship or immigration status, such as social security 
account numbers (but not individual taxpayer identifica-
tion numbers).’’. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
ON
CONTINUOUS 
HEALTH
INSURANCE
COVERAGE
PROVISION.—Section 
2710A(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by 
section 133 of the American Health Care Act of 2017, is 
amended by adding after subparagraph (C) the following: 
‘‘In the case of an individual who applies for advance 
payment of a credit under section 1412 of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act and for whom a 
determination of eligibility for such advance payment 
is delayed by reason of the requirement for 
verification of the individual’s status in the United 
States under section 1411(c)(2) of such Act, the period 
of days beginning with the date of application for ad-
vance payment and ending with the date of such 
verification shall not be taken into account in apply-
ing subparagraph (B). The Secretary shall establish a 
procedure by which information relating to this pe-
riod is provided to the individual.’’. 
(d) DELAY PERMITTED IN COVERAGE DATE IN CASE 
OF DELAY IN VERIFICATION OF STATUS FOR INDIVIDUALS 
APPLYING FOR ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CREDIT.—Section 
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1411(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(42 U.S.C. 18081(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting after ‘‘appli-
cant’s eligibility’’ the following: ‘‘(other than eligi-
bility for advance payment of a credit under section 
1412)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) DELAY PERMITTED IN COVERAGE DATE IN 
CASE OF DELAY IN VERIFICATION OF STATUS FOR IN-
DIVIDUALS
APPLYING
FOR
ADVANCE
PAYMENT
OF 
CREDIT.—In the case of an individual whose eligi-
bility for advance payments is delayed by reason of 
the requirement for verification under subsection 
(c)(2), if, for coverage to be effective as of the date re-
quested in the individual’s application for enrollment, 
the individual would (but for this paragraph) be re-
quired to pay 2 or more months of retroactive pre-
miums, the individual shall be provided the option to 
elect to postpone the effective date of coverage to the 
date that is not more than 1 month later than the 
date requested in the individual’s application for en-
rollment.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
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(1) APPLICATION TO CURRENT HEALTH INSUR-
ANCE PREMIUM TAX CREDIT.—The amendment made 
by subsection (a) is contingent upon the enactment of 
the American Health Care Act of 2017 and shall 
apply (if at all) to months beginning after December 
31, 2017. 
(2) APPLICATION TO NEW HEALTH INSURANCE 
PREMIUM
TAX
CREDIT.—The amendment made by 
subsection (b) is contingent upon the enactment of the 
American Health Care Act of 2017 and shall apply 
(if at all) to months beginning after December 31, 
2019, in taxable years ending after such date. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT ON CONTINUOUS 
HEALTH
INSURANCE
COVERAGE
PROVISION.—The 
amendment made by subsection (c) is contingent upon 
the enactment of the American Health Care Act of 
2017 and shall take effect (if at all) as if included in 
such Act. 
(4) FLEXIBILITY IN COVERAGE DATE IN CASE OF 
DELAY
IN
VERIFICATION
OF
STATUS.—The amend-
ment made by subsection (d) is contingent upon the 
enactment of the American Health Care Act of 2017 
and shall apply (if at all) to applications for advance 
payments for months beginning after December 31, 
2017. 
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Union Calendar No. 108 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2581 
[Report No. 115–161, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
require the provision of social security numbers 
as a condition of receiving the health insurance 
premium tax credit. 
JUNE 2, 2017 
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with 
an amendment 
JUNE 2, 2017 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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