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Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act
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.
Summary
The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make aliens who have been convicted of or admitted to committing certain types of fraud inadmissible to the United States and deportable if already present in the country. The covered offenses include Social Security fraud, identification document fraud, and fraud related to COVID-19 small business loans and grants. The bill also covers conspiracies to commit such offenses.
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Sponsor (1)
17 cosponsors
- Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2] (R-OK)
- Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5] (R-CO)
- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC)
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI)
- Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] (R-MD)
- Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] (R-IN)
- Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38] (R-TX)
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA)
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA)
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT)
- Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] (R-KY)
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX)
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY)
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO)
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Tom Mcclintock’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SOVEREIGN NATION $21,650
- NOT PROVIDED $14,100
- TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE SUPPORT, INC. $10,700
- NULL $10,350
- CEN-CAL FIRE SYSTEMS, INC. $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Tom Mcclintock → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
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
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.”. <all>
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