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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1547
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify the Commissioner
of Social Security when there is a change to the citizenship status,
status under the immigration laws, or work authorization status of an
individual to whom a social security account number has been issued,
and to require that an individual be a citizen or national of the United
States to receive benefits under the Social Security Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY24, 2025
Mr. V
ANDREWintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and
Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify the
Commissioner of Social Security when there is a change
to the citizenship status, status under the immigration
laws, or work authorization status of an individual to
whom a social security account number has been issued,
and to require that an individual be a citizen or national
of the United States to receive benefits under the Social
Security Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security for 2
Americans Reform Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘SSA Reform Act 3
of 2025’’. 4
SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION TO SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRA-5
TION REGARDING CHANGES IN STATUS 6
UNDER THE IMMIGRATION LAWS. 7
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 8
Commissioner of Social Security not later than 180 days 9
after there is a change to the citizenship status, status 10
under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in 11
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 12
U.S.C. 1101)), or work authorization status of an indi-13
vidual to whom a social security account number has been 14
issued. 15
SEC. 3. REPORT. 16
Beginning on the date that is one year after the date 17
of enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis there-18
after, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Com-19
missioner of Social Security shall jointly submit to Con-20
gress a report that includes, for the previous 1-year pe-21
riod, the following: 22
(1) The number of notifications under section 2 23
related to— 24
(A) changes in citizenship status; 25
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(B) changes in status under the immigra-1
tion laws (as such term is defined in section 2
101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 3
U.S.C. 1101)); and 4
(C) changes in work authorization status. 5
(2) The average amount of time it took the Sec-6
retary to notify the Commissioner after a status 7
change. 8
(3) Any challenges or barriers faced during the 9
notification process and recommendations for im-10
proving the notification process. 11
(4) The effectiveness of the notifications in pre-12
venting fraud and misuse of social security account 13
numbers, including data on any fraudulent activities 14
detected as a result of, or in part because of, the no-15
tifications, and any corrective actions taken. 16
(5) The coordination between the Department 17
of Homeland Security and the Social Security Ad-18
ministration, detailing— 19
(A) how data is shared, managed, and se-20
cured; and 21
(B) best practices, areas for improvement, 22
and the impact of data sharing on service effi-23
ciency. 24
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SEC. 4. LIMITATION OF BENEFITS UNDER THE SOCIAL SE-1
CURITY ACT. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 3
the Social Security Act or title IV of the Personal Respon-4
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 5
(8 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), for any month in which an indi-6
vidual is not a citizen or national of the United States, 7
such individual shall not be entitled to any benefit de-8
scribed in subsection (b). 9
(b) B
ENEFITS.—A benefit described in this sub-10
section is— 11
(1) an old-age, survivors, or disability insurance 12
benefit under title II of the Social Security Act (42 13
U.S.C. 401 et seq.); 14
(2) benefits under the Medicare program under 15
title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 16
1395 et seq.); 17
(3) benefits under a State plan (or waiver of 18
such plan) approved under title XIX of the Social 19
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); 20
(4) benefits under a State child health plan (or 21
waiver of such plan) under title XXI of the Social 22
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.); 23
(5) supplemental security income benefits under 24
title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 25
et seq.), including supplementary payments of the 26
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type described in section 1616(a) of such Act and 1
payments pursuant to an agreement entered into 2
under section 212(a) of Public Law 93–66); 3
(6) assistance under a State program funded 4
under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 5
(42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); or 6
(7) any other benefit administered by the Social 7
Security Administration. 8
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