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HR 1512 115th Congress House

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the reissuance of Social Security account numbers to young children in cases where confidentiality has been compromised.

Introduced: March 13, 2017 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Child safety and welfareComputer security and identity theftSocial security and elderly assistance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 14 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 18, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 17, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 17, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3375)
Apr 17, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3375)
Apr 17, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1512.
Apr 17, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3375-3377)
Apr 17, 2018
Mr. Marchant moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Apr 13, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 486.
Apr 13, 2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-635.
Apr 11, 2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 11, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Mar 13, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 13, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 18, 2018

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to issue a new Social Security number to a child under the age of 14 if the confidentiality of the child's previous number has, in the course of the SSA's transmission to the child of a Social Security card, been compromised due to the theft of that card.

 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 2 Republican 3
Curbelo, Carlos
· May 24, 2017
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Apr 24, 2017
Hensarling, Jeb
· Apr 24, 2017
Bishop, Mike
· Apr 6, 2017
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Apr 6, 2017
 R
Schweikert, David
Arizona · Apr 4, 2017
Nunes, Devin
· Mar 17, 2017
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Mar 13, 2017
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Mar 13, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1512: Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1512/
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"H.R. 1512: Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1512/.
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H.R. 1512, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1512/.
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