,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjah,mr4  
,king of ,iowa introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the ,commissioner of 
,social ,security to implement certain  
record keeping recommendations1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,social        
,security ,integrity ,act of #bjah4  #b4
 ,findings ,congress finds the          
following3  7#a7 ,individuals can commit
 various types of fraud against the     
,government by reporting earnings under 
deceased individuals' ,social ,security 
,numbers 7,s,s,ns74  7#b7 ,various      
,federal entities rely on the ,social   
,security ,administration's 7,,ssa7     
death information to detect unreported  
deaths and verify the accuracy of       
reported deaths4  7#c7 ,the ,numident is
 the ,,ssa's computer database file on  
all who have applied for a ,social      

,security number4 ,the ,office of the   
,inspector ,general 7,,oig7 of the ,,ssa
 conducted an audit and determined that 
the ,,ssa did not have controls in place
 to annotate death information on the   
,numident records of numberholders who  
exceeded maximum reasonable life        
expectancies and were likely deceased4  
7#d7 ,the ,,oig identified #cd cases in 
which it appeared that the deceased     
numberholder's name and ,social         
,security ,number 7,,ssn7 had been      
misused4 ,in one instance an employer   
reported paying wages to someone from   
#bjjh through #bjab using a             
numberholder's name and ,,ssn that had  
been born in #ahhf4 ,,ssa payment       
records indicated that the numberholder 
died in ,january #aife1 but the ,,ssa   
did not record the numberholder's death 
on the ,numident4 ,,ssa continued paying
 benefits to the numberholder's widow   
until her death in ,february #aigc4     
,,ssa's ,master ,earning ,file 7,,mef7  
contained no reported earnings          

information for this numberholder from  
#aief through #bjjg4  7#e7 ,the ,,oig   
determined that thousands of the ,s,s,ns
 could have been used to commit identity
 fraud4 ,for tax years #bjjf through    
#bjaa1 ,,ssa received reports that      
individuals using #ff1ibj ,s,s,ns had   
approximately #c4a billion in wages1    
tips1 and self-employment income4 ,,ssa 
transferred the earnings to the         
,earnings ,suspense ,file because the   
employees' or self-employed individuals'
 names on the earnings reports did not  
match the numberholders' names4  7#f7   
,during calendar years #bjjh through    
#bjaa1 employers made #d1jbd ,e-,verify 
inquiries using #c1hgc ,s,s,ns belonging
 to numberholders born before ,june #af1
 #aija4 ,according to the ,,oig1 these  
inquiries indicate individuals' attempts
 to use the ,s,s,ns to apply for work4  
7#g7 ,the ,,oig determined that         
resolving these discrepancies will      
improve the accuracy and completeness of
 the ,death ,master ,file and help      

prevent future misuse of these ,s,s,ns4 
7#h7 ,the ,american taxpayer deserves to
 have the surety of knowing that every  
agency and department within the        
,federal ,government takes the prudent  
actions necessary to prevent future     
fraud and waste of hard-earned dollars4 
7#i7 ,in #bjae1 the ,,oig identified    
approximately #f4e million numberholders
 age #aab or older who did not have     
death information on the ,numident4     
7#aj7 ,the ,social ,security            
,administration has reported success in 
updating the ,numident4 ,in #bjaf1 the  
,social ,security ,administration listed
 #e million ,americans as #aab years old
 or older who did not have death        
information on the ,numident1 which is  
#a4e million fewer than the ,,oig       
reported in #bjae4  7#aa7 ,in line with 
the ,,oig's recommendations1 the ,,ssa  
should take proactive action to fully   
protect the ,american taxpayer by       
ensuring that there are comprehensive   
controls in place to annotate death     

information on the ,numident records of 
numberholders who exceeded maximum      
reasonable life expectancies4  #c4      
,implementation of ,,oig recommendations
  7a7 ,in general ,not later than #c    
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,commissioner of ,social
 ,security shall implement all of the   
recommendations described in the        
memorandum from the ,office of the      
,inspector ,general of the ,social      
,security ,administration entitled      
,numberholders ,age #aab or ,older ,who 
,did ,not ,have a ,death ,entry on the  
,numident 7,a-#jf-ad-cdjcj7 and dated   
,march #d1 #bjae4  7b7 ,report ,not     
later than ,december #ca of each        
calendar year that begins after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act and ends 
before the date that is #c years after  
such date of enactment1 the             
,commissioner shall submit to the       
,congress a report on the progress made 
toward implementation of each of the    
recommendations described in the        

memorandum specified in subsection 7a71 
the methods used to implement such      
recommendations1 the amount of funds    
expended and any other resources        
utilized to implement such              
recommendations1 and the projected date 
of full implementation4