,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #g1      
#bjag,ms4 ,cantwell 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,thune7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title ,,ii of the ,social   
,security ,act to permit ,american      
,indian tribal councils to enter into   
agreements with the ,commissioner of    
,social ,security to obtain social      
security coverage for services performed
 by tribal council members4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,tribal ,social ,security ,fairness     
,act4  #b4 ,voluntary agreements for    
coverage of services by ,american       
,indian tribal council members  7a7 ,in 
general ,title ,,ii of the ,social      
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dja et   
seq47 is amended by inserting after     
section #bah the following new section3 
#bah;,a4 ,voluntary agreements for      
coverage of ,indian tribal council      

members  7a7 ,purpose of agreement  7#a7
 ,the ,commissioner of ,social ,security
 shall1 at the request of any ,indian   
tribe1 enter into an agreement with such
 ,indian tribe for the purpose of       
extending the insurance system          
established by this title to services   
performed by individuals as members of  
such ,indian tribe's tribal council4    
,any agreement with an ,indian tribe    
under this section must include all     
services performed by individuals in    
their capacity as members of the tribal 
council4  7#b7 ,notwithstanding section 
#baj7;a71 for the purposes of this      
title1 the term employment includes any 
service included under an agreement     
entered into under this section4  7b7   
,definitions ,for the purposes of this  
section3 7#a7 ,the term member means1   
with respect to a tribal council--  7,a7
 an individual who is serving as a      
member of the tribal council2 and  7,b7 
the head of the tribal council4  7#b7   
,the term tribal council means the      

governing body of a federally recognized
 ,indian tribe4  7c7 ,effective date of 
agreement ,any agreement or modification
 of an agreement under this section     
shall be effective with respect to      
services performed after an effective   
date specified in such agreement or     
modification1 except that such date may 
not be earlier than the first day of the
 next calendar month after which the    
,indian tribe signs the agreement and   
sends it to the ,commissioner for       
signature4  7d7 ,duration of agreement  
,no agreement under this section may be 
terminated1 either in its entirety or   
with respect to any member1 on or after 
the effective date of the agreement4  4 
7b7 ,conforming amendment ,section      
#caba7;d77#d7 of the ,internal ,revenue 
,code of #aihf is amended by inserting  
or #bah;,a after section #bah4  7c7     
,rule of construction ,nothing in this  
,act or the amendments made by this ,act
 shall be construed to affect           
application of any ,federal income tax  

withholding requirements under the      
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4