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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 136 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that individuals 
and appropriate authorities are notified by the Commissioner of Social 
Security of evidence of misuse of the Social Security account numbers 
of such individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. GALLEGLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide 
that individuals and appropriate authorities are notified 
by the Commissioner of Social Security of evidence of 
misuse of the Social Security account numbers of such 
individuals. 
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 ‘‘Identity Theft Notifi-
cation Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION TO INDIVIDUALS AND APPROPRIATE 
AUTHORITIES OF EVIDENCE OF MISUSE OF 
SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(I)(i) In the case of each report of wages submitted 
by an employer with respect to an employee pursuant to 
this paragraph, the Commissioner— 
‘‘(I) shall require the employer to include in the 
report, together with the amount of wages paid by 
the employer to the employee, information consisting 
of the name, address, and employer identification 
number of the employer and the name, address, so-
cial security account number of the employee, and 
‘‘(II) shall include the amount of such wages 
and such information in the Commissioner’s records. 
‘‘(ii) In any case in which— 
‘‘(I) during any calendar year, there are 8 or 
more instances in which the Commissioner of Social 
Security receives a report of wages submitted by an 
employer with respect to an employee under the 
same social security account number, and 
‘‘(II) at least 4 different addresses are set forth 
in the reports in connection with the same social se-
curity account number, 
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the Commissioner shall determine whether, in any such 
instance, there is evidence that the wages were not paid 
to the individual to whom the social security account num-
ber was assigned by the Commissioner. 
‘‘(iii) In any case described in clause (ii), if the Com-
missioner determines that in any instance there is evidence 
that the wages were not paid to the individual to whom 
the social security account number was assigned by the 
Commissioner, the Commissioner shall provide a notice of 
the determination to the individual, the Attorney General 
of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury, and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to calendar years be-
ginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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