Keeping IDs Safe Act of 2011

Keeping IDs Safe Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to voluntary state transmittal to the Commissioner of Social Security of information from death certificates in order to correct OASDI program information.

Revises the Commissioner's authority to use or provide for the use of records corrected in reliance on such information for statistical and research activities conducted by federal and state agencies. Adds to such uses federal law enforcement and tax administration activities as well as statistical and research activities conducted by state agencies.

Declares that any information related to a deceased person received by the Commissioner other than under a contract with a state shall be treated, with respect to protection from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974, in the same manner as information received from a state pursuant to a voluntary contract. Prohibits the use of such information for any purpose other than for correction of OASDI program information.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3475 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3475

To protect information received by the Commissioner of Social Security 
                    related to deceased individuals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2011

 Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Berg, Mr. Brady of Texas, 
  Mr. Herger, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Schock, and Mr. Tiberi) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To protect information received by the Commissioner of Social Security 
                    related to deceased individuals.

    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 ``Keeping IDs Safe Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTING INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 
              SECURITY RELATED TO DECEASED INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 205(r) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5) by striking ``for statistical and 
        research activities'' and all that follows and inserting ``for 
        law enforcement, tax administration, and statistical and 
        research activities conducted by Federal agencies and for 
        statistical and research activities conducted by State 
        agencies.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(10) Information related to a deceased individual received by the 
Commissioner of Social Security other than as described in paragraph 
(1) shall be treated for purposes of paragraph (6) in the same manner 
as information received as described in paragraph (1).''.
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