Documents for Continued Safety Act of 2020

Documents for Continued Safety Act of 2020

This bill directs the Social Security Administration to pay the fees associated with obtaining certain identification documents required to replace a Social Security card if the person applying for the card (1) is a domestic violence victim, (2) receives support services related to domestic violence, or (3) is the dependent of such a person.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5630 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5630

To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated 
   with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for 
 purposes of obtaining a replacement social security card for certain 
         victims of domestic violence, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 16, 2020

    Mr. Crist (for himself and Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated 
   with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for 
 purposes of obtaining a replacement social security card for certain 
         victims of domestic violence, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Documents for Continued Safety Act 
of 2020''.

SEC. 2. RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION TO PAY FEES 
              ASSOCIATED WITH OBTAINING BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR STATE 
              IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR PURPOSES OF OBTAINING A 
              REPLACEMENT SOCIAL SECURITY CARD FOR CERTAIN VICTIMS OF 
              DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 205(c)(2)(G) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(G)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(i)'' before ``The Commissioner''; and
            (2) by adding after and below the end the following new 
        clause:
    ``(ii)(I) In the case of a person described in subclause (II) who 
has submitted to the Commissioner an application to replace a social 
security card issued to the person, the Commissioner shall pay any fees 
charged by any governmental authority for furnishing the person with 
any of the following documents required to be submitted as part of the 
application:
            ``(aa) A birth certificate of the person.
            ``(bb) An identification card issued to the person by a 
        State, that shows that the person is a resident of the State.
    ``(II) A person described in this subclause is a person who--
            ``(aa) is verified by the staff of a shelter (as defined in 
        section 302(9) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
        Act) to be a resident of the shelter and is a victim of 
        domestic violence (as defined in section 302(3) of such Act) or 
        is a dependent of such a resident; or
            ``(bb) is verified by the staff of an organization 
        providing supportive services (as defined in section 302(12) of 
        such Act) to be a recipient of such services or is a dependent 
        of such a person.
    ``(III) A provision by a person described in subclause (I) of 
authorization to release information about the person, and the 
provision of information pursuant to the authorization, shall not be 
construed to be a waiver of any privilege of the person, under Federal 
or State law, relating to the confidentiality of communications between 
a domestic violence victim and an advocate of such a victim.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to applications submitted after the 90-day period that begins 
with the date of the enactment of this Act.
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