HR 133 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that individuals and appropriate authorities are notified by the Commissioner of Social Security of evidence of misuse of the Social Security account numbers of such individuals.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

January 6, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. GALLEGLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that individuals and appropriate authorities are notified by the Commissioner of Social Security of evidence of misuse of the Social Security account numbers of such individuals.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Identity Theft Notification Act of 2009’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION TO INDIVIDUALS AND APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES OF EVIDENCE OF MISUSE OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS.

(a) In General- Section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I)(i) In the case of each report of wages submitted by an employer with respect to an employee pursuant to this paragraph, the Commissioner--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) shall require the employer to include in the report, together with the amount of wages paid by the employer to the employee, information consisting of the name, address, and employer identification number of the employer and the name, address, Social Security account number of the employee, andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) shall include the amount of such wages and such information in the Commissioner’s records.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) In any case in which--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) during any calendar year, there are 8 or more instances in which the Commissioner of Social Security receives a report of wages submitted by an employer with respect to an employee under the same Social Security account number, andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) at least 4 different addresses are set forth in the reports in connection with the same Social Security account number,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





the Commissioner shall determine whether, in any such instance, there is evidence that the wages were not paid to the individual to whom the Social Security account number was assigned by the Commissioner.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(iii) In any case described in clause (ii), if the Commissioner determines that in any instance there is evidence that the wages were not paid to the individual to whom the Social Security account number was assigned by the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall provide a notice of the determination to the individual, the Attorney General of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Homeland Security.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Effective Date- The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to calendar years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink