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H.R. 220 111th Congress House

Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security account numb… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security account numbers issued under such title, to prohibit the establishment in the Federal Government of any uniform national identifying number, and to prohibit Federal agencies from imposing standards for identification of individuals on other agencies or persons.

Introduced: January 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 6, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E7-8)
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 6, 2009

Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit using a Social Security account number except for specified Social Security and tax purposes. Prohibits the Social Security Administration from divulging the Social Security account number of an individual to any federal, state, or local government agency or instrumentality, or to any other individual.

Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to prohibit any federal, state, or local government agency or instrumentality from requesting an individual to disclose his Social Security account number on either a mandatory or a voluntary basis.

Prohibits any two federal agencies or instrumentalities from implementing the same identifying number with respect to any individual (except as authorized by the Social Security Act).

Prohibits any federal agency from: (1) establishing or mandating a uniform standard for identification of an individual that is required to be used by any other federal or state agency, or by a private person, for any purpose other than that of conducting the authorized activities of the standard-establishing or -mandating federal agency; or (2) conditioning receipt of any federal grant, contract, or other federal funding on the adoption, by a state or local government, or by a state agency, of such a uniform standard.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 220: Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-220/
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"H.R. 220: Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-220/.
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H.R. 220, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-220/.
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