Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act
Latest action · Mar 21, 2007 Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-62.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 10, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the display, sale, or purchase of Social Security numbers without the affirmatively expressed consent of the individual, except in specified circumstances. Directs the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on all the uses of Social Security numbers permitted, required, authorized, or excepted under any federal law, including the impact of such uses on privacy and data security.
Establishes a public records exception to the prohibition. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on Social Security numbers in public records. Grants the Attorney General rulemaking authority to enforce this Act's prohibition and to implement and clarify the permitted uses occurring as a result of an interaction between businesses, governments, or business and government.
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit: (1) the use of Social Security numbers on checks issued for payment by governmental agencies; and (2) inmate access to Social Security account numbers.
Prohibits a commercial entity from requiring an individual to provide a Social Security number when purchasing a commercial good or service or denying an individual the good or service for refusing to provide that number, with exceptions. Establishes civil and criminal penalties.
Extends civil monetary penalties for misuse of a Social Security number.
Provides for: (1) criminal penalties under SSA title II for the misuse of a Social Security number; (2) civil actions and civil penalties against persons who violate this Act; and (3) federal injunctive authority with respect to any violation by a public entity.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 10, 2007 to Feb 12, 2007, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| R-NH | John E. Sununu | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| R-NH | Judd Gregg | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Jan 18, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Feb 12, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2007Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-62.
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 10, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S374-378)
- Jan 10, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S374)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5234 | Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act | Related bill | Feb 25, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative procedure
- Checks
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Class actions (Civil procedure)
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer education
- Consumer protection
- Cost effectiveness
- Counterfeiting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Criminal justice information
- Damages
- Department of Justice
- Electronic commerce
- Electronic data interchange
- Employee crimes
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Identification devices
- Identity theft
- Injunctions
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Larceny
- Law
- Legislation
- Limitation of actions
- Local employees
- Misconduct in office
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Parties to actions
- Prison labor
- Prisoners
- Public records
- Punitive damages
- Retail trade
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social security numbers
- Social Welfare
- Stalking
- State courts
- State employees
- Sunset legislation
- Supplemental security income program
- Terrorism
- Welfare fraud
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in Senate
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