Number: 111- 68
Date: December 21, 2010

On December 18, 2010, President Obama signed into law S. 3789, the “Social Security Number Protection Act of 2010,”which became Public Law 111-318.

P.L. 111-318 (S. 3789) prohibits the printing of SSNs on government checks and prohibits prisoners from having access to SSNs (see Legislative Bulletin 111-53).