H.R. 624 · 115th Congress

Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

Stage
Signed by the president
Introduced
2017-01-24
Latest action
2017-09-15 · Signed by President.

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 24, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill: (1) prohibits federal agencies (including legislative and judicial branch agencies, with specified exceptions) from including any individual's Social Security account number on any document sent by mail unless the agency head determines that such inclusion is necessary; and (2) requires agencies that have Chief Financial Officers to issue regulations, within five years of this bill's enactment, that specify the circumstances under which such inclusion is necessary.