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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Social Security Account Number Anti-
Fraud Act''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Act is to reduce the use of fraudulent social
security documents for employment purposes.

SEC. 3. SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER ANTI-FRAUD PROGRAM.

Section 205 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:

''Verification of Employee Social Security Account Numbers

''(u)(1)(A) Not later than 10 years after the date of the enactment
of the Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud Act, the Secretary, in
consultation with the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization
and the Secretary of Labor, shall establish a program under which--
''(i) each American employer, either by telephone through
use of a toll-free telephone number or by other electronic
device--
''(I) shall transmit the social security account
number and name of each new employee of the employer,
and any other information concerning the employee that
the Secretary requires by regulation, to the Secretary
within 30 days after the commencement of employment of
the employee; and
''(II) may transmit the social security account
number and name of any employee of the employer to whom
subclause (I) does not apply, and any other information
concerning the employee that the Secretary requires by
regulation, to the Secretary; and
''(ii) notwithstanding any provision of section 552a of
title 5, United States Code, the Secretary shall, upon
receiving the information transmitted under clause (i),
instantaneously notify the employer that there is or is not a
discrepancy concerning the information, by sending a
communication to the same electronic device through which the
information was transmitted to the Secretary.
''(B)(i) The Secretary shall give each employer a verification
number for each employee social security account number that the
employer transmits under the program established under this paragraph.
''(ii) The Secretary shall maintain, for at least the amount of
time during which prosecution for crimes relating to fraudulent use of
a social security account number would be allowable under applicable
statutes of limitations, records of all contacts that occur under
subparagraph (A) or (D) between the Secretary and an employer.
''(C) The Secretary shall establish guidelines to describe the
characteristics that constitute a discrepancy concerning a social
security account number transmitted to the Secretary under the program
established under this paragraph. Under the guidelines, a discrepancy
concerning a social security account number shall be indicated if any
of the following factors is present regarding the number:
''(i) An invalid social security account number.
''(ii) A social security account number submitted for
verification under the program with a name that does not belong
to the correct holder of the social security account number.
''(iii) Unusually frequent use of a social security account
number.
''(iv) Use of a social security account number in
geographically distant locations within a relatively short
period of time.
''(v) Any other factor that the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.
''(D) If a discrepancy concerning the social security account
number of an employee is indicated under the program established under
this paragraph--
''(i) the Secretary shall notify the Commissioner of
Immigration and Naturalization, within 24 hours after the
discrepancy is indicated, of--
''(I) the fact that a discrepancy has been
indicated regarding the employee; and
''(II) the nature of the discrepancy;
''(ii) the Secretary may not, pursuant to this subsection,
notify the employer of the nature of the discrepancy;
''(iii) an employer notified of the discrepancy under
subparagraph (A)(ii) shall notify the employee that a
discrepancy has been indicated within 14 days after the
employer receives the notification;
''(iv) the employee shall contact an office of the Social
Security Administration within 14 days after being notified of
the discrepancy under clause (iii);
''(v) the Secretary shall notify the employee of the nature
of the discrepancy, upon a written request by the employee or a
request made by the employee in person at an office of the
Social Security Administration;
''(vi) the Secretary shall notify the employee, the current
employer of the employee, and the Commissioner of Immigration
and Naturalization, in writing, of the resolution or
confirmation of the discrepancy, within 30 days after the
employee contacts the Social Security Administration under
clause (iv);
''(vii) the current employer of the employee shall reverify
the social security account number through the program
established under this paragraph within 10 days after the
Secretary notifies the employer, under clause (vi), that the
discrepancy has been resolved; and
''(viii) unless the Secretary notifies the employer, under
clause (vi), that the discrepancy has been confirmed, the
employer may not take any action to penalize the employee based
on the discrepancy.
''(E)(i) The Secretary may not charge a fee to any employer or
employee in connection with the utilization of the program established
under this paragraph.
''(ii) No employer may charge a fee to--
''(I) an employee of the employer in connection with the
utilization of the program; or
''(II) a job applicant in connection with, or anticipation
of, utilization of the program.
''(2) The Secretary may by regulation exempt any employer from the
obligation to use the program established under paragraph (1) regarding
any employee whose employment with the employer includes only the
performance of services described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section
209(a)(6) for remuneration described in such subparagraph.
''(3)(A) Failure by an employer to comply with paragraph (1) of
this subsection shall be considered to be a violation of section
274A(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C.
1324a(a)(1)(A)), for purposes of section 274A(e) of such Act, as
modified by subparagraph (B).
''(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), section 274A(e) of the
Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(e)) shall be applied
by substituting the term 'employee' for the term 'unauthorized alien'
in clause (i) of section 274A(e)(4)(A) of such Act, and for the term
'alien' in clauses (ii) and (iii) of such section.
''(4)(A) Any person or business who knowingly and willfully
requests or obtains any record, or information, from or under the
program established under paragraph (1) under false pretenses shall be
guilty of an infraction and shall be subject to a fine as provided in
title 18, United States Code.
''(B) The penalties described in section 552a(i) of title 5, United
States Code, shall not apply to an activity that is subject to a
penalty under subparagraph (A).
''(5) For purposes of this subsection:
''(A) The term 'American employer' has the meaning given
the term in section 210(e), as such section may from time to
time be amended, except that the terms 'State' and 'United
States' within such section shall have the meaning given the
term 'United States' in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph.
''(B) The term 'employee' has the meaning given the term in
section 210(j), as such section may from time to time be
amended, and does not include a job applicant.
''(C) The term 'new employee' means an employee who
commences an employment more than 10 years after the date of
the enactment of the Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud
Act.
''(D) The term 'United States' has the meaning given the
term in section 101(38) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
as such section may from time to time be amended.''.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER ANTI-FRAUD
PROGRAM.

(a) Establishment of Program.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement the
Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud Program on a partial and
interim basis, as provided in this section.
(b) Initial Period.--The Secretary shall make the Social Security
Account Number Anti-Fraud Program available for the 18-month period
beginning 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act to each
employer that participates in Phase II of the Telephone Verification
System administered by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. If
fewer than 200 of the employers agree to participate in the program,
the Secretary may make the program available to additional employers in
the States of California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas until
the program is available to 200 employers.
(c) Report on Initial Implementation.--Not later than 15 months
after the beginning of the 18-month period described in subsection (b),
the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report that contains--
(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Social
Security Account Number Anti-Fraud Program as the program is
implemented under subsections (a) and (b) of this section; and
(2) a description of any cooperation between the Social
Security Administration and the Immigration and Naturalization
Service regarding the program.
(d) 5-Year Expansion.--
(1) Requirement regarding new employees.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the
expiration of the 18-month period described in
subsection (b), each employer in the States of
California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas
shall use the Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud
Program to verify, within 30 days after the
commencement of the employment of the employee, the
social security account number of each new employee of
the employer.
(B) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not be
construed to require an employer to verify the social
security account number of an employee if, under
regulations issued under section 205(u)(2) of the
Social Security Act (as added by this Act), the
employer is not required to verify the social security
account number of the employee.
(2) Availability regarding other employees.--Not later than
5 years after the expiration of the 18-month period described
in subsection (b), the Secretary shall make the Social Security
Account Number Anti-Fraud Program available to each employer in
the States of California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and
Texas.
(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ''employee'' has the meaning given the term in
section 210(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410(j)),
as such section may from time to time be amended, and does not
include a job applicant.
(2) The term ''new employee'' means an employee who
commences an employment more than 5 years after the expiration
of the 18-month period described in subsection (b).
(3) The term ''Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud
Program'' means the program established under subsection (u) of
section 205 of the Social Security Act (as added by this Act),
but does not include paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I) or (3) of such
subsection.
A:
Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish, according to prescribed guidelines, an electronic program for American employers to verify the social security account and other relevant employment information to reduce the use of fraudulent social security documents for employment purposes; (2) implement the Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud Program according to a prescribed schedule; and (3) report to the Congress on the Program's initial implementation.