,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #a1 #bjae   
,mr4 ,murphy of ,florida 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4     
,delaney1 ,mr4 ,poe of ,texas1 ,ms4     
,edwards1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,ms4 ,kuster1
 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4    
,pittenger1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,ms4 ,jackson 
,lee1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
and ,ms4 ,moore7 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    
pay1 upon request by the person1 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 is verified by the staff of a victim
 service program1 an attorney1 a medical
 professional1 or a mental health       
professional from whom the person has   
sought assistance relating to domestic  
violence1 dating violence1 family       
violence1 sexual assault1 or stalking   
7or the effects of such abuse7 to be a  
victim of domestic violence1 dating     
violence1 family violence1 sexual       
assault1 or stalking4  7,,iii7 ,the     
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  7,,iv7   
,in this clause-- 7aa7 the terms        
domestic violence1 dating violence1     
sexual assault1 and stalking each have  

the meanings given such terms in section
 #djjjb7;a7 of the ,violence ,against   
,women ,act of #aiid2 and  7bb7 the term
 family violence has the meaning given  
the term in section #cjb of the ,family 
,violence ,prevention and ,services     
,act4  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