I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2418 
To amend the Social Security Act to prohibit an individual who is the 
subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving 
various cash benefits under the Social Security Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2013 
Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas (for himself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. 
REICHERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Social Security Act to prohibit an individual 
who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant 
for a felony from receiving various cash benefits under 
the Social Security 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 2013’’. 
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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.’’. 
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(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: 
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‘‘(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— 
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(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 
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(B) by striking ‘‘the recipient’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the individual’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall be effective 
with respect to benefits payable under the Social Security 
Act for months that begin after 270 days following the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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