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rity Act shall not apply to such redetermina-
tion.’’.
(b) CORRECTION TO EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROVI-
SIONS
CONCERNING
REPRESENTATIVE
PAYEES
AND
TREATMENT REFERRALS OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENE-
FICIARIES WHO ARE DRUG ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS.—
Section 105(a)(5)(B) of the Contract with America Ad-
vancement Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 405 note) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(B) The amendments made by para-
graphs (2) and (3) shall take effect on July 1,
1996, with respect to any individual—
‘‘(i) whose claim for benefits is finally
adjudicated on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; or
‘‘(ii) whose entitlement to benefits is
based on an entitlement redetermination
made pursuant to subparagraph (C).’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of section 105 of the Contract with America Ad-
vancement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–121; 110 Stat.
852 et seq.).
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SEC. 402. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.
(a) IMPLEMENTATION
OF PROHIBITION AGAINST
PAYMENT OF TITLE II BENEFITS TO PRISONERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(3) of the So-
cial 
Security 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
402(x)(3)) 
is
amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B)(i) The Commissioner shall enter into an agree-
ment under this subparagraph with any interested State
or local institution comprising a jail, prison, penal institu-
tion, or correctional facility, or comprising any other insti-
tution a purpose of which is to confine individuals as de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A)(ii). Under such agreement—
‘‘(I) the institution shall provide to the Com-
missioner, on a monthly basis and in a manner spec-
ified by the Commissioner, the names, Social Secu-
rity account numbers, dates of birth, confinement
commencement dates, and, to the extent available to
the institution, such other identifying information
concerning the individuals confined in the institution
as the Commissioner may require for the purpose of
carrying out paragraph (1); and
‘‘(II) the Commissioner shall pay to the institu-
tion, with respect to information described in sub-
clause (I) concerning each individual who is confined
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therein as described in paragraph (1)(A), who re-
ceives a benefit under this title for the month pre-
ceding the first month of such confinement, and
whose benefit under this title is determined by the
Commissioner to be not payable by reason of con-
finement based on the information provided by the
institution, $400 (subject to reduction under clause
(ii)) if the institution furnishes the information to
the Commissioner within 30 days after the date such
individual’s confinement in such institution begins,
or $200 (subject to reduction under clause (ii)) if
the institution furnishes the information after 30
days after such date but within 90 days after such
date.
‘‘(ii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II)
shall be reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also
required to make a payment to the institution with respect
to the same individual under an agreement entered into
under section 1611(e)(1)(I).
‘‘(iii) There is authorized to be transferred from the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as appro-
priate, such sums as may be necessary to enable the Com-
missioner to make payments to institutions required by
clause (i)(II).
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‘‘(iv) The Commissioner is authorized to provide, on
a reimbursable basis, information obtained pursuant to
agreements entered into under clause (i) to any agency
administering a Federal or federally assisted cash, food,
or medical assistance program for eligibility purposes.’’.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
TO
THE
PRI-
VACY ACT.—Section 552a(a)(8)(B) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—
(A) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
end;
(B) in clause (vii), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the
end; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(viii) matches performed pursuant to
section 202(x)(3)(B) or 1611(e)(1)(I) of
the 
Social 
Security 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
402(x)(3)(B), 1382(e)(1)(I));’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to individuals whose
period of confinement in an institution commences
on or after the first day of the fourth month begin-
ning after the month in which this Act is enacted.
(b) ELIMINATION OF TITLE II REQUIREMENT THAT
CONFINEMENT STEM FROM CRIME PUNISHABLE BY IM-
PRISONMENT FOR MORE THAN 1 YEAR.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(1)(A) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)) is
amended—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘during’’ and inserting ‘‘throughout’’;
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘an offense
punishable by imprisonment for more than 1
year (regardless of the actual sentence im-
posed)’’ and inserting ‘‘a criminal offense’’; and
(C) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘an of-
fense punishable by imprisonment for more
than 1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘a criminal of-
fense’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to individuals whose
period of confinement in an institution commences
on or after the first day of the fourth month begin-
ning after the month in which this Act is enacted.
(c) CONFORMING TITLE XVI AMENDMENTS.—
(1) FIFTY PERCENT REDUCTION IN TITLE XVI
PAYMENT IN CASE INVOLVING COMPARABLE TITLE II
PAYMENT.—Section 1611(e)(1)(I) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)) is amended—
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(A) in clause (i)(II), by inserting ‘‘(subject
to reduction under clause (ii))’’ after ‘‘$400’’
and after ‘‘$200’’;
(B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii)
as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and
(C) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(ii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II)
shall be reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also
required to make a payment to the institution with respect
to the same individual under an agreement entered into
under section 202(x)(3)(B).’’.
(2) EXPANSION OF CATEGORIES OF INSTITU-
TIONS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH
THE
COMMISSIONER.—Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i))
is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by
striking ‘‘institution’’ and all that follows through
‘‘section 202(x)(1)(A),’’ and inserting ‘‘institution
comprising a jail, prison, penal institution, or correc-
tional facility, or with any other interested State or
local institution a purpose of which is to confine in-
dividuals as described in section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii),’’.
(3) ELIMINATION OF OVERLY BROAD EXEMP-
TION.—Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(iii) of such Act (42
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U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(iii)) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1)(B), is amended by striking ‘‘(I) The provi-
sions’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(II)’’.
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in
the enactment of section 203(a) of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2186).
The reference to section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii) of the So-
cial Security Act in section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i) of the
Social Security Act as amended by paragraph (2)
shall be deemed a reference to such section
202(x)(1)(A)(ii) as amended by subsection (b)(1)(C).
(d) CONTINUED DENIAL OF BENEFITS TO SEX OF-
FENDERS REMAINING CONFINED TO PUBLIC INSTITU-
TIONS UPON COMPLETION OF PRISON TERM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(1)(A) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)) is
amended—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
end;
(B) in clause (ii)(IV), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(iii) immediately upon completion of confine-
ment as described in clause (i) pursuant to convic-
tion of a criminal offense an element of which is sex-
ual activity, is confined by court order in an institu-
tion at public expense pursuant to a finding that the
individual is a sexually dangerous person or a sexual
predator or a similar finding.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
202(x)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking
‘‘clause (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii)’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply with respect to bene-
fits for months ending after the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC 403. REVOCATION BY MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY OF
EXEMPTION FROM SOCIAL SECURITY COV-
ERAGE.
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section
1402(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any ex-
emption which has been received under section 1402(e)(1)
of such Code by a duly ordained, commissioned, or li-
censed minister of a church, a member of a religious order,
or a Christian Science practitioner, and which is effective
for the taxable year in which this Act is enacted, may be
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revoked by filing an application therefore (in such form
and manner, and with such official, as may be prescribed
by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service), if
such application is filed no later than the due date of the
Federal income tax return (including any extension there-
of) for the applicant’s second taxable year beginning after
December 31, 1999. Any such revocation shall be effective
(for purposes of chapter 2 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 and title II of the Social Security Act), as speci-
fied in the application, either with respect to the appli-
cant’s first taxable year beginning after December 31,
1999, or with respect to the applicant’s second taxable
year beginning after such date, and for all succeeding tax-
able years; and the applicant for any such revocation may
not thereafter again file application for an exemption
under such section 1402(e)(1). If the application is filed
after the due date of the applicant’s Federal income tax
return for a taxable year and is effective with respect to
that taxable year, it shall include or be accompanied by
payment in full of an amount equal to the total of the
taxes that would have been imposed by section 1401 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to all of
the applicant’s income derived in that taxable year which
would have constituted net earnings from self-employment
for purposes of chapter 2 of such Code (notwithstanding
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paragraph (4) or (5) of section 1402(c) of such Code) ex-
cept for the exemption under section 1402(e)(1) of such
Code.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply
with respect to service performed (to the extent specified
in such subsection) in taxable years beginning after De-
cember 31, 1999, and with respect to monthly insurance
benefits payable under title II of the Social Security Act
on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of
any individual for months in or after the calendar year
in which such individual’s application for revocation (as
described in such subsection) is effective (and lump-sum
death payments payable under such title on the basis of
such wages and self-employment income in the case of
deaths occurring in or after such calendar year).
SEC. 404. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENT RELATING
TO 
COOPERATIVE 
RESEARCH 
OR 
DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS UNDER TITLES II
AND XVI.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1110(a)(3) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1310(a)(3)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘title XVI’’ and inserting ‘‘title II or XVI’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Social Security Independence and Program
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Improvements Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–296; 108
Stat. 1464).
SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION FOR STATE TO PERMIT ANNUAL
WAGE REPORTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1137(a)(3) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–7(a)(3)) is amended by
inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, and except
that in the case of wage reports with respect to domestic
service employment, a State may permit employers (as so
defined) that make returns with respect to such employ-
ment on a calendar year basis pursuant to section 3510
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make such re-
ports on an annual basis’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 1137(a)(3)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–7(a)(3)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(as defined in section
453A(a)(2)(B)(iii))’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘(as defined in section
453A(a)(2)(B))’’ after ‘‘employers’’ .
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to wage reports required to be sub-
mitted on and after the date of enactment of this Act.
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