,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecfb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,murphy of ,florida 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,pittenger1 ,ms4 ,kuster1 ,mr4 ,delaney1
 ,mr4 ,joyce1 ,mr4 ,garcia1 ,mr4 ,poe of
 ,texas1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4  
,edwards1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4      
,barrow of ,georgia1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 and 
,ms4 ,sinema7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to provide that the ,social    
,security ,administration pay fees      
associated with obtaining birth         
certificate or ,state identification    
card for purposes of obtaining a        
replacement social security card for    
certain victims of domestic violence1   
and for other purposes4  #a4            
,responsibility of ,social ,security    
,administration to pay fees associated  
with obtaining birth certificate or     
,state identification card for purposes 
of obtaining a replacement social       

security card for certain victims of    
domestic violence  7a7 ,in general      
,section #bje7;c77#b77;,g7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#dje7;c77#b77;,g77 is amended--  7#a7 by
 inserting 7i7 before ,the              
,commissioner2 and  7#b7 by adding after
 and below the end the following new    
clause3  7ii7  7,i7 ,in the case of a   
person described in subclause 7,,ii7 who
 has submitted to the ,commissioner an  
application to replace a social security
 card issued to the person1 the         
,commissioner shall pay any fees charged
 by any governmental authority for      
furnishing the person with any of the   
following documents required to be      
submitted as part of the application3   
7aa7 ,a birth certificate of the person4
  7bb7 ,an identification card issued to
 the person by a ,state1 that shows that
 the person is a resident of the ,state4
  7,,ii7 ,a person described in this    
subclause is a person who--  7aa7 is    
verified by the staff of a shelter 7as  

defined in section #cjb7i7 of the       
,family ,violence ,prevention and       
,services ,act7 to be a resident of the 
shelter and is a victim of domestic     
violence 7as defined in section #cjb7c7 
of such ,act7 or is a dependent of such 
a resident2 or  7bb7 is verified by the 
staff of an organization providing      
supportive services 7as defined in      
section #cjb7ab7 of such ,act7 to be a  
recipient of such services or is a      
dependent of such a person4  7,,iii7 ,a 
provision by a person described in      
subclause 7,i7 of authorization to      
release information about the person1   
and the provision of information        
pursuant to the authorization1 shall not
 be construed to be a waiver of any     
privilege of the person1 under ,federal 
or ,state law1 relating to the          
confidentiality of communications       
between a domestic violence victim and  
an advocate of such a victim4  4  7b7   
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply to           

applications submitted after the        
#ij-;day period that begins with the    
date of the enactment of this ,act4