Title: Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2017
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2017
This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), VIII (Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of benefits under those titles to an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for: (1) committing, or attempting to commit, a felony; or (2) violating a condition of parole or probation.
Current law prohibits the payment of such benefits to an individual who: (1) is fleeing to avoid prosecution or confinement for committing, or attempting commit, a felony; or (2) is violating a condition of parole or probation.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2792 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2792

     To amend the Social Security Act to make certain revisions to 
provisions limiting payment of benefits to fugitive felons under titles 
             II, VIII, and XVI of the Social Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2017

  Mrs. Noem (for herself and Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Social Security Act to make certain revisions to 
provisions limiting payment of benefits to fugitive felons under titles 
             II, VIII, and XVI of the Social Security Act.

    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 ``Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REVISIONS TO PROVISIONS LIMITING PAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO 
              FUGITIVE FELONS UNDER TITLES II, VIII, AND XVI OF THE 
              SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.

    (a) Title II Amendments.--
            (1) Fugitive felon warrant requirement.--Section 
        202(x)(1)(A)(iv) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        402(x)(1)(A)(iv)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``fleeing to avoid'' and inserting 
                ``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 inserting ``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 warrant 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 warrant 
                        for violating a condition of probation or 
                        parole imposed under Federal or State law.''.
    (b) Title VIII Amendments.--
            (1) Fugitive felon warrant requirement.--Section 804(a)(2) 
        of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1004(a)(2)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``fleeing to avoid'' and inserting 
                ``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 person has 
                fled'' and inserting ``jurisdiction issuing the 
                warrant''.
            (2) Probation and parole warrant requirement.--Section 
        804(a)(3) of the Social Security 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 condition 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:
    ``(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 Internal 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 number, 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)) benefits under this title, if the officer 
furnishes the Commissioner with the name of the individual and other 
identifying information as reasonably required by the Commissioner 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 individual is 
        within the officer's official duties.''.
    (c) Title XVI Amendments.--
            (1) Fugitive felon warrant requirement.--Section 
        1611(e)(4)(A)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(4)(A)(i)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``fleeing to avoid'' and inserting 
                ``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 inserting ``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 requirement.--Section 
        1611(e)(4)(A)(ii) of the Social 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, and a 
                        Federal, State.''.
            (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 inserting 
                ``any individual who is a recipient of (or would be 
                such a recipient but for the application of paragraph 
                (4)(A))''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the recipient'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``the individual''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
effective with respect to benefits payable under the Social Security 
Act for months that begin after the date that is 1 year following the 
date of the enactment of this section.
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