US Congress House Bill 122 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-3)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the display, sale, or purchase of Social Security numbers without the affirmatively expressed consent of the individual, except in specified circumstances. Directs the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on all the uses of Social Security numbers permitted, required, authorized, or excepted under any federal law, including the impact of such uses on privacy and data security. Establishes a public records exception to the prohibition. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on Social Security numbers in public records. Grants the Attorney General rulemaking authority to enforce this Act's prohibition and to implement and clarify the permitted uses occurring as a result of an interaction between businesses, governments, or business and government. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit: (1) the use of Social Security numbers on checks issued for payment by governmental agencies; and (2) inmate access to Social Security account numbers. Prohibits a commercial entity from requiring an individual to provide a Social Security number when purchasing a commercial good or service or denying an individual the good or service for refusing to provide that number, with exceptions. Establishes civil and criminal penalties. Extends civil monetary penalties for misuse of a Social Security number. Provides for: (1) criminal penalties under SSA title II for the misuse of a Social Security number; (2) civil actions and civil penalties against persons who violate this Act; and (3) federal injunctive authority with respect to any violation by a public entity.

Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act of 2009

Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-09		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2009-01-06		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-01-06		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-01-06		Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB141 (Related) 2009-01-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S124-128)
SB3789 (Related) 2010-12-18 - Became Public Law No: 111-318.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/122/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr122/BILLS-111hr122ih.pdf