Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 5/15/2017
Actions
- 2017-05-15Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 79.
- 2017-05-15Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-62.
- 2017-05-15Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-62.
- 2017-03-15Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- 2017-01-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2017-01-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-05-15 (01)
Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits federal departments and agencies from including the Social Security account number of any individual on any document sent by mail unless the department or agency head determines that inclusion of that Social Security number on the document is necessary.
Departments and agencies must issue regulations within one year of this bill's enactment that specify the circumstances under which the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on mailed documents is necessary.
Subjects
- Computer security and identity theft
- Government information and archives
- Postal service
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