Title: Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2017
This bill prohibits federal departments and agencies from including the Social Security account number of any individual on any document sent by mail unless the department or agency determines that inclusion of that Social Security number on the document is necessary.
Departments and agencies must issue regulations within one year of this bill's enactment that specify the circumstances under which the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on mailed documents is necessary.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 624 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 624

    To restrict the inclusion of social security account numbers on 
    documents sent by mail by the Federal Government, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2017

 Mr. Valadao (for himself, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Swalwell of California, 
Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Allen, 
 Mr. Calvert, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Royce of California, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
 Renacci, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Denham, Mr. McClintock, Mrs. 
Roby, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Nunes, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. 
 Murphy of Florida, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Webster of Florida, 
Mr. Carbajal, and Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
    To restrict the inclusion of social security account numbers on 
    documents sent by mail by the Federal Government, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Fraud Prevention Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION OF SSNS ON DOCUMENTS SENT BY MAIL.

    (a) In General.--No department or agency of the Federal Government 
may include the social security account number of any individual on any 
document sent by mail unless the head of such department or agency 
determines that the inclusion of such social security number on such 
document is necessary.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the head of each department and agency of the 
Federal Government shall issue regulations specifying the circumstances 
under which inclusion of a social security account number on a document 
sent by mail is necessary. Such regulations shall include--
            (1) instructions for the partial redaction of social 
        security account numbers whenever feasible; and
            (2) a requirement that social security account numbers not 
        be visible on the outside of any package sent by mail.
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act shall apply with respect to documents 
sent by mail on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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