Privacy Protection Act of 1997

Summary

Privacy Protection Act of 1997 (sic) - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any Federal, State, or local government agency or instrumentality from using a social security account number or any derivative as the means of identifying any individual, except for specified social security and tax purposes. Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to prohibit any Federal, State, or local government agency or instrumentality from requesting an individual to disclose his social security account number on either a mandatory or a voluntary basis. Prohibits any two Federal agencies or instrumentalities from implementing the same identifying number with respect to any individual, except as authorized under this Act.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 February 1998

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 February 1998

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 25 February 1998

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