119-hr174

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 174 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 174

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who 
have been convicted of or who have committed Social Security fraud are 
 inadmissible and deportable.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 3, 2025

Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Tenney, 
 Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Crank) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary

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 A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who 
have been convicted of or who have committed Social Security fraud are 
 inadmissible and deportable.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Consequences for Social Security 
Fraud Act''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO SOCIAL SECURITY 
 FRAUD OR IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT FRAUD.

    (a) Inadmissibility.--

Section 212

    (a)

    (2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182

    (a)

    (2) ) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
 ``
        (J) Social security fraud or identification 
 document fraud.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--Any alien who has been 
 convicted of, who admits having committed, or 
 who admits committing acts which constitute the 
 essential elements of a covered COVID offense, 
 an offense under 

section 208 of the Social 
 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408) (relating to 
 social security account numbers or social 
 security cards), an offense under 

section 1028 
 of title 18, United States Code (relating to 
 fraud and related activity in connection with 
 identification documents, authentication 
 features, and information), or a conspiracy to 
 commit such an offense, is inadmissible.
 ``
            (ii) Covered covid offense.--For purposes 
 of this subparagraph, the term `covered COVID 
 offense' means an offense of fraud pertaining 
 to--
 ``
            (I) a loan made under--
 ``

    (aa) paragraph

    (36) or

    (37) of subsection

    (a) of 
 

section 7 of the Small Business 
 Act (15 U.S.C. 636); or
 ``

    (bb) subsection

    (b) of 
 such section in response to the 
 COVID-19 pandemic; or
 ``
            (II) a grant made under--
 ``

    (aa) section 5003 of the 
 American Rescue Plan Act of 
 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c); or
 ``

    (bb) section 324 of the 
 Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small 
 Businesses, Nonprofits, and 
 Venues Act (15 U.S.C. 
 9009a).''.

    (b) Deportability.--

Section 237

    (a)

    (2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227

    (a)

    (2) ) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
 ``
        (G) Social security fraud or identification 
 document fraud.--Any alien who has been convicted of, 
 who admits having committed, or who admits committing 
 acts which constitute the essential elements of a 
 covered COVID offense (as such term is defined in 
 

section 212

    (a)

    (2)
        (J)
            (ii) ), an offense under 

section 208 
 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408) (relating to 
 social security account numbers or social security 
 cards), an offense under 

section 1028 of title 18, 
 United States Code (relating to fraud and related 
 activity in connection with identification documents, 
 authentication features, and information), or a 
 conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable.''.
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