No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5577
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-10
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Foreign labor

Social security and elderly assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits an individual from collecting Social Security benefits based on wages and income earned for services illegally performed in the United States while the individual was an alien. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5577 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2020 Mr. Brooks of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Norman , Mr. Wright , and Mr. Budd ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income wages earned for services by aliens illegally performed in the United States and self-employment income derived from a trade or business illegally conducted in the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2020 . 2. Exclusion of unauthorized employment from employment upon which creditable wages may be based Section 210(a)(19) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 410(a)(19) ) is amended— (1) by striking (19) Service and inserting the following: (19) (A) Service performed by an alien while employed in the United States for any period during which the alien is not authorized to be so employed; (B) Service . 3. Exclusion of unauthorized functions and services from trade or business from which creditable self-employment income may be derived Section 211(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 411(c) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5), by striking or at the end; (2) in paragraph (6), by striking him. and inserting him; or ; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: (7) The performance of a function or service in the United States by an alien during any period for which the alien is not authorized to perform such function or service in the United States. . 4. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to wages earned, and self-employment income derived, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Notwithstanding section 215(f)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 415(f)(1) ), as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall recompute all primary insurance amounts to the extent necessary to carry out such amendments. Such amendments shall affect benefits only for months after the date of the enactment of this Act.