,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #d1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,capuano introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,ii of the     
,social ,security ,act to prohibit the  
,commissioner of ,social ,security from 
publishing the social security numbers  
of deceased individuals in the ,death   
,master ,file1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,social ,security ,death ,master
 ,file ,privacy ,act of #bjac4  #b4     
,prohibition on publication of social   
security account numbers in the ,death  
,master ,file  7a7 ,in general ,section 
#bje7;c77#b7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dje7;c77#b77 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,i7 7i7 ,the ,commissioner 
of ,social ,security may not publish in 
the ,death ,master ,file 7or any other  
public database maintained by the       

,commissioner that contains information 
relating to the death of individuals7   
the social security account number of   
any deceased individual4  7ii7 ,the     
,commissioner shall not be compelled to 
disclose the social security account    
number of any deceased individual to any
 member of the public under section #eeb
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4    
,for purposes of such section1 this     
clause shall be considered a statute    
described in subsection 7b77#c77;,b7 of 
such section4  4  7b7 ,information      
sharing with ,federal and ,state        
agencies ,section #bje7r77#c7 of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dje7r77#c77 is     
amended by inserting after such         
information the following3 7including   
information related to a deceased       
individual received by the ,commissioner
 other than as described in paragraph   
7#a774  7c7 ,effective date ,the        
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect #ij days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4