method of issuance of social security account numbers

method of issuance of social security account numbers Sec. 137. Section 205(c) (2) of the Social Security Act is amended— (1) by inserting “(A)” immediately after “(2)”; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: “(B) (i) In carrying out his duties under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall take affirmative measures to assure that social security account numbers will, to the maximum extent practicable, be assigned to all members of appropriate groups or categories of individuals by assigning such numbers (or ascertaining that such numbers have already been assigned): “(I) to aliens at the time of their lawful admission to the United States either for permanent residence or under other authority of law permitting them to engage in employment in the United States and to other aliens at such time as their status is so changed as to make it lawful for them to engage in such employment; “(II) to any individual who is an applicant for or recipient of benefits under any program financed in whole or in part from 86 Stat. 1365Federal funds including any child on whose behalf such benefits are claimed by another person; and “(III) to any other individual when it appears that he could have been but was not assigned an account number under the provisions of subclauses (I) or (II) but only after such investigation as is necessary to establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary, the identity of such individual, the fact that an account number has not already been assigned to such individual, and the fact that such individual is a citizen or a noncitizen who is not, because of his alien status, prohibited from engaging in employment; and, in carrying out such duties, the Secretary is authorized to take affirmative measures to assure the issuance of social security numbers: “(IV) to or on behalf of children who are below school age at the request of their parents or guardians; and “(V) to children of school age at the time of their first enrollment in school. “(ii) The Secretary shall require of applicants for social security account numbers such evidence as may be necessary to establish the age, citizenship, or alien status, and true identity of such applicants, and to determine which (if any) social security account number has previously been assigned to such individual. “(iii) In carrying out the requirements of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall enter into such agreements as may be necessary with the Attorney General and other officials and with State and local welfare agencies and school authorities (including non-public school authorities).”