I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2581 
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 
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. 
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’’. 
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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 
Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect for months beginning 
before January 1, 2020, is amended by redesignating sub-
section (g) as subsection (h) and by inserting after sub-
section (f) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) VERIFICATION OF STATUS IN UNITED STATES 
FOR ADVANCE PAYMENT.—No advance payment of the 
credit allowed under this section with respect to any pre-
mium under subsection (b)(2)(A) with respect to any indi-
vidual 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 Se-
curity or the Secretary of Homeland Security has verified 
under section 1411(c)(2) of such Act the individual’s sta-
tus as a citizen or national of the United States or an 
alien lawfully present in the United States using a process 
that includes the appropriate use of information related 
to citizenship or immigration status, such as social secu-
rity account numbers (but not individual taxpayer identi-
fication numbers).’’. 
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(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 De-
cember 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 
credit 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 individual’s status as a citizen or national 
of the United States or a qualified alien (within the mean-
ing of section 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641)) 
using a process that includes the appropriate use of infor-
mation related to citizenship or immigration status, such 
as social security account numbers (but not individual tax-
payer identification numbers).’’. 
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