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1 CIS H 78163
TITLE: Use and Misuse
of Social Security Numbers
CIS-NO: 2001-H781-63
SOURCE:
Committee on Ways and Means. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: May 9, 11, 2000
LENGTH: iii+152 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1028-A;
1028-B
SUDOC: Y4.W36:106-108
GPO-STOCK-NO:
552-070-27036-1.
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.
106-553
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-108.
Hearings before the Subcom on Social Security to review social security number
(SSN) fraud and misuse, including so-called identity theft, and to examine
proposals to restrict SSN misuse (Subcom advisory, p. 2-4).
Supplementary material (p. 32, 119-152) includes correspondence, witnesses'
written replies to Subcom questions, and submitted statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Social security account numbers fraud
and misuse
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON SOCIAL SECURITY. HOUSE; SOCIAL SECURITY;
ROBBERY AND THEFT; FRAUD
01-H781-63 TESTIMONY NO: 1
May 9, 2000 p. 7-24
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
STEVENS, JOHN T., JR.
STEVENS, MARY
E. (both victims of identity theft)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Personal experiences as victims of
identity theft involving stolen SSNs.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Social security account numbers fraud and misuse
01-H781-63 TESTIMONY NO: 2 May 9,
2000 p. 24-37
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
BOVBJERG, BARBARA D. (Associate Director, Education,
Workforce and Income Security Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services
Division, GAO)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of SSN use for purposes unrelated to social
security.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Social security
account numbers fraud and misuse
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
01-H781-63 TESTIMONY NO: 3 May 9, 2000 p. 37-57
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
HUSE,
JAMES G., JR. (Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, SSA)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on
SSN misuse, with recommendations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Social security account numbers fraud and misuse
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
OFFICE OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL, SSA
01-H781-63 TESTIMONY NO: 4
May 11, 2000 p. 60-83
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
MCDERMOTT, JIM (Rep, D-Wash)
KLECZKA, GERALD D. (Rep, D-Wis)
MARKEY, EDWARD J. (Rep, D-Mass)
HOSTETTLER, JOHN N. (Rep, R-Ind)
PAUL, RON (Rep, R-Tex)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Views on SSN fraud and misuse; overview of
proposals to enhance privacy protection and restrict SSN
misuse.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Social security
account numbers fraud and misuse
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
RIGHT OF PRIVACY
01-H781-63 TESTIMONY NO: 5 May 11, 2000 p. 83-118,
125-136
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
PRATT, STUART K. (Vice President, Government Relations,
Associated Credit Bureaus)
MIERZWINSKI, EDMUND (Consumer
Program Director, U.S. Public Interest Research Group)
MOORE, KATHERINE B. (International Board Chair, American
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators)
ROTENBERG,
MARC (Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information
Center)
MEYER, ROBERTA B. (Senior Counsel, American
Council of Life Insurers)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on SSN fraud and misuse; views on proposals
to restrict SSN misuse; feared adverse impact of proposals to restrict SSN
misuse on legitimate businesses, including consumer reporting agencies and
insurance companies; importance of using SSNs for driver's licensing.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Social security account numbers
fraud and misuse
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
ASSOCIATED CREDIT BUREAUS; CREDIT BUREAUS; LICENSES;
BUSINESS; INSURANCE COMPANIES
LOAD-DATE: January 31,
2002 
