A bill to amend the Social Security Act to assist employers in determining the authenticity of Social Security cards, to curtail the use, availability, and production of falsified social security cards, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish and maintain a computerized resource system through which an employer may, on a voluntary basis, verify by telephone the authenticity of an employee's social security card; (2) make tamper-proof social security cards available, at cost, to individuals who wish to replace their old cards; (3) provide employers with information assisting them in identifying falsified or counterfeit cards; and (4) require applicants for social security numbers to provide the evidence and information required by a specified social security card application form. Increases the fines and criminal penalties which may be imposed on those who misuse social security numbers or deal in falsified or counterfeit cards.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 January 1987

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