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S 2915 110th Congress Senate

Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2008

Official title: A bill to require the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method for truncation of social security account numbers in order to p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method for truncation of social security account numbers in order to protect such numbers from being used in the perpetration of fraud or identity theft and to provide for a prohibition on the display to the general public on the Internet of social security account numbers by State and local governments, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 24, 2008 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 110th Congress (2007–2008) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Apr 24, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 24, 2008
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 Latest action April 24, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2008 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method for truncation of Social Security account numbers in order to facilitate their protection from use in fraud or identity theft.

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the display of Social Security account numbers to the general public on the Internet by state and local governments, except in compliance with such truncation standards.

Directs the Attorney General to award grants to state and local governments to come into compliance with such prohibition or the exception to it.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2915: Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2915/
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"S. 2915: Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2915/.
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S. 2915, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2915/.
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