Social Security Child Protection Act of 2011

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to issue a new Social Security number to a child in cases where confidentiality has been compromised by reason of theft of related documentation.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3008 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3008

    To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
 reissuance of Social Security account numbers to children in cases in 
which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised by reason 
                               of theft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2011

 Mr. Marchant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
 reissuance of Social Security account numbers to children in cases in 
which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised by reason 
                               of theft.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Child Protection Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. REISSUANCE OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS TO YOUNG CHILDREN 
              IN CASES WHERE CONFIDENTIALITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY 
              REASON OF THEFT.

    Section 205(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
405(c)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
            (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new 
        clause:
    ``(iii) In any case in which a Social Security account number has 
been issued to a child pursuant to subclause (IV) or (V) of clause (i) 
and it is demonstrated to the Commissioner of Social Security by a 
parent or guardian of the child that, in the course of transmission of 
documentation of such number to the child, the confidentiality of such 
number has been compromised by reason of theft of such documentation, 
the Commissioner shall issue a new Social Security account number to 
such child and make note in the records maintained with respect to such 
child of the pertinent information received by the Commissioner 
regarding the theft of the documentation of the original number.''.
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