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HR 1996 114th Congress House

No Social Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2015

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the assignment of social security account numbers to certain individuals seeking employment in the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 20, 2015 See on congress.gov
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May 11, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Apr 23, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 23, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 11, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Social Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2015

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from assigning a Social Security account number to any individual who receives deferred action on removal in accordance with certain Department of Homeland Security memoranda dated June 15, 2012 and November 20, 2014, and who would be subject to removal but for such memoranda.

Prohibits the payment of OASDI benefits to such individuals.

Denies the crediting of quarters of coverage toward benefits for earnings from unauthorized work by an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national and who was not authorized to be employed in the United States.

Prohibits counting an individual's annual wages or self-employment income for any year for which no quarter of coverage may be credited.

Directs the Commissioner and the Secretary to enter into an agreement to establish a system to transmit to the Secretary any Social Security account number assigned to an individual after the enactment of this Act, as well as other identifying information, in any case in which the individual is not a U.S. citizen or national at the time that number is assigned.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 3
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Sep 8, 2015
TIBERI, PATRICK
· Jul 14, 2015
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Williams, Roger
Texas · May 21, 2015
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 20, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1996: No Social Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1996/
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"H.R. 1996: No Social Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1996/.
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