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113
TH
CONGRESS 2
D
S
ESSION
H. R. 5739
To amend the Social Security Act to provide for the termination of social security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
N
OVEMBER
19, 2014 Mr. S
AM
J
OHNSON
of Texas (for himself, Mr. B
ECERRA
, Mr. C
AMP
, Mr. L
EVIN
, Mrs. B
LACK
, Mr. B
LUMENAUER
, Mr. B
UCHANAN
, Mr. C
ROWLEY
, Mr. D
ANNY
K. D
AVIS
of Illinois, Mr. D
OGGETT
, Mr. G
ERLACH
, Mr. G
RIFFIN
of Arkansas, Ms. J
ENKINS
, Mr. K
ELLY
of Pennsylvania, Mr. L
ARSON
of Connecticut, Mr. L
EWIS
, Mr. N
UNES
, Mr. P
ASCRELL
, Mr. R
ANGEL
, Mr. R
EICHERT
, Ms. L
INDA
T. S
A
´
NCHEZ
of California, Mr. S
CHOCK
, Ms. S
CHWARTZ
, Mr. T
HOMPSON
of California, Mr. T
IBERI
, Mr. B
URGESS
, Ms. C
LARKE
of New York, Mr. C
OHEN
, Mr. D
IAZ
-B
ALART
, Ms. E
STY
, Mr. F
INCHER
, Ms. F
UDGE
, Mr. J
OYCE
, Mr. L
ANCE
, Mr. S
MITH
of Missouri, and Ms. S
PEIER
) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Social Security Act to provide for the termi-nation of social security benefits for individuals who par-ticipated in Nazi persecution, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Social Security for
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Nazis Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds the following:
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(1) Congress enacted social security legislation
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to provide earned benefits for workers and their
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families, should they retire, become disabled, or die.
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(2) Congress never intended for participants in
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Nazi persecution to be allowed to enter the United
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States or to reap the benefits of United States resi-
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dency or citizenship, including participation in the
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Nation’s Social Security program.
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SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF BENEFITS.
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(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—Section 202(n)(3) of the Social
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Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(n)(3)) is amended to read
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as follows:
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‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
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subsection—
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‘‘(A) an individual against whom a final order
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of removal has been issued under section
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237(a)(4)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality
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Act on grounds of participation in Nazi persecution
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shall be considered to have been removed under such
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section as of the date on which such order became
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final;
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‘‘(B) an individual with respect to whom an
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order admitting the individual to citizenship has
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been revoked and set aside under section 340 of the
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Immigration and Nationality Act in any case in
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which the revocation and setting aside is based on
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conduct described in section 212(a)(3)(E)(i) of such
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Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution),
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concealment of a material fact about such conduct,
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or willful misrepresentation about such conduct shall
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be considered to have been removed as described in
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paragraph (1) as of the date of such revocation and
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setting aside; and
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‘‘(C) an individual who pursuant to a settle-
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ment agreement with the Attorney General has ad-
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mitted to conduct described in section
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212(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality
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Act (relating to participation in Nazi persecution)
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and who pursuant to such settlement agreement has
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lost status as a national of the United States by a
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renunciation under section 349(a)(5) of the Immi-
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gration and Nationality Act shall be considered to
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have been removed as described in paragraph (1) as
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of the date of such renunciation.’’.
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(b) O
THER
B
ENEFITS
.—Section 202(n) of such Act
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(42 U.S.C. 402(n)) is amended by adding at the end the
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following:
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