Amnesty Bonuses Elimination Act

Bill: 114-s-748
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
Introduced: 2015-03-16
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Immigration status and procedures

Social security and elderly assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Amnesty Bonuses Elimination Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the Social Security Administration from issuing a Social Security account number to any alien granted deferred action pursuant to specified deferred action policies of the Department of Homeland Security.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 748 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 16, 2015 Mr. Sasse (for himself, Mr. Sessions , Mr. Vitter , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Lee , Mr. Cruz , and Mr. Perdue ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To prohibit the issuance of social security numbers to individuals given deferred action under the President's immigration executive actions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Amnesty Bonuses Elimination Act . 2. Prohibition on issuing social security numbers pursuant to deferred action policies Section 205(c)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B)(i)(I) ) is amended by inserting , except that the Commissioner of Social Security shall not issue a social security account number to any alien who is granted deferred action pursuant to deferred action policies set forth in the memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children dated June 15, 2012, or the memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals who Came to the United States as Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents dated November 20, 2014 (or any substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on or after the date of the enactment of the Amnesty Bonuses Elimination Act , whether set forth in memorandum, Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action) after engage in such employment . 3. Rule of construction Nothing in the amendment made by section 2 shall be construed as Congressional approval or validation of the deferred action policies set forth in the memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children dated June 15, 2012, or the memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals who Came to the United States as Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents dated November 20, 2014, or any actions taken pursuant to such policies, or as an acknowledgment that such policies or actions represent a proper and lawful exercise of the President's authority under the Constitution.