This bill would prohibit the Social Security Administration (SSA) from sending any documents that include a complete Social Security Number by mail unless it’s necessary. It would seek to reduce the number of opportunities for a person’s identity to be stolen because their full Social Security Number (SSN) was included in mail they received.
The Commissioner of the SSA would provide Congress with a report detailing which of the agency’s documents have a full SSN on them, when the documents were last updated, and when the number can be partially removed unless the full SSN is deemed necessary. This report would be due twice annually for each of the first six years after this bill’s enactment.