REQUIREMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER AS A CONDITION FOR RECEIPT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

SEC. 8009. REQUIREMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER AS A CONDITION FOR RECEIPT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. (a) In General.—Section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B)(i) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting “and subparagraph (E)” after “subparagraph (A)”; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by section 8008(a)(1)) as subparagraph (F); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) (as added by section 8008(a)(2)) the following new subparagraph: “(E) The Secretary shall require, as a condition for receipt of benefits under this title, that an individual furnish satisfactory proof of a social security account number assigned to such individual by the Secretary or, in the case of an individual to whom no such number has been assigned, that such individual make proper application for assignment of such a number.”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to benefits entitlement to which commences after the sixth month following the month in which this Act is enacted.