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HR 2404 105th Congress House Taxation Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Government Operations and Politics Identification devices Income tax Personal income tax Right of privacy Social Welfare Tax returns

Stop the Theft of Our Social Security Numbers Act

Introduced: September 4, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Sep 9, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Sep 4, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 4, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop the Theft of Our Social Security Numbers Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restrict disclosure of an individual's social security number by the Department of the Treasury.

What's happening now September 9, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 7, 1997
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Oct 1, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2404: Stop the Theft of Our Social Security Numbers Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2404/
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"H.R. 2404: Stop the Theft of Our Social Security Numbers Act." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2404/.
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H.R. 2404, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2404/.
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