Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act
This bill adds additional criminal offences to the grounds upon which a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) may be barred from admission into the United States or deported. Specifically, an individual who has been convicted of, or admits to committing, Social Security fraud, identification document fraud, or fraud related to COVID-19 financial assistance programs is inadmissible or deportable under the bill.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 174 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 174
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who
have been convicted of or who have committed Social Security fraud are
inadmissible and deportable.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Tenney,
Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Crank)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who
have been convicted of or who have committed Social Security fraud are
inadmissible and deportable.
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 ``Consequences for Social Security
Fraud Act''.
SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO SOCIAL SECURITY
FRAUD OR IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT FRAUD.
(a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(J) Social security fraud or identification
document fraud.--
``(i) In general.--Any alien who has been
convicted of, who admits having committed, or
who admits committing acts which constitute the
essential elements of a covered COVID offense,
an offense under section 208 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408) (relating to
social security account numbers or social
security cards), an offense under section 1028
of title 18, United States Code (relating to
fraud and related activity in connection with
identification documents, authentication
features, and information), or a conspiracy to
commit such an offense, is inadmissible.
``(ii) Covered covid offense.--For purposes
of this subparagraph, the term `covered COVID
offense' means an offense of fraud pertaining
to--
``(I) a loan made under--
``(aa) paragraph (36) or
(37) of subsection (a) of
section 7 of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 636); or
``(bb) subsection (b) of
such section in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic; or
``(II) a grant made under--
``(aa) section 5003 of the
American Rescue Plan Act of
2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c); or
``(bb) section 324 of the
Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small
Businesses, Nonprofits, and
Venues Act (15 U.S.C.
9009a).''.
(b) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(G) Social security fraud or identification
document fraud.--Any alien who has been convicted of,
who admits having committed, or who admits committing
acts which constitute the essential elements of a
covered COVID offense (as such term is defined in
section 212(a)(2)(J)(ii)), an offense under section 208
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408) (relating to
social security account numbers or social security
cards), an offense under section 1028 of title 18,
United States Code (relating to fraud and related
activity in connection with identification documents,
authentication features, and information), or a
conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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