# 2025-06840: Executive Action Blocks Unauthorized Access to Social Security Funds

2025-06840, Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-04-18, effective 2025-04-15; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06840
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-06840
- Title: Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 16451
- Published: 2025-04-18
- Effective: 2025-04-15
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Executive Action Blocks Unauthorized Access to Social Security Funds

## Summary

Starting now, the government is cracking down to stop people who aren’t allowed in the U.S. from getting Social Security benefits. Agencies like Social Security and Homeland Security will work together to check eligibility and punish those who don’t follow the rules. By October 1, 2025, special fraud prosecutors will be in at least 50 U.S. Attorney Offices to catch and stop benefit cheats, protecting taxpayer money.

## Effects PRIA read

- Tightened Eligibility Checks for Benefits: benefit, medium. The Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Commissioner of Social Security must take all reasonable measures, consistent with law, to make sure ineligible aliens are not getting Social Security Act funds. These measures include issuing guidance or regulations and pr…
- More Fraud Prosecutors by Oct 1, 2025: benefit, medium. The Attorney General and the Commissioner of Social Security must expand the SSA full-time fraud prosecutor program to at least 50 United States Attorney Offices by October 1, 2025, and the Attorney General and HHS must establish a similar program for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in at…
- Fix Missing Death Records in SSA Files: benefit, medium. The Commissioner of Social Security must fully implement the Inspector General's recommendations from Audit Report A-06-21-51022 to address missing death information for millions of deceased number holders. The Secretary of Health and Human Services must cooperate with that implementation to help p…
- Special Review of Earnings for Age 100+ Records: benefit, low. The Commissioner of Social Security must promptly refer to the SSA Inspector General any earnings reports for persons age 100 or older when the reported wage-earner's name does not match SSA records. The Inspector General shall investigate and refer matters to the Department of Justice or other pro…
- Possible Resumption of Civil Penalties Under Section 1129: mixed, medium. Within 60 days of April 15, 2025, the Commissioner of Social Security must review whether SSA should resume pursuing civil monetary penalties under section 1129 of the Social Security Act. If the Commissioner decides resumption is warranted, SSA must either resume the penalty program immediately or…

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## Sources
- [2025-06840 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/18/2025-06840/preventing-illegal-aliens-from-obtaining-social-security-act-benefits)
- [2025-06840 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-18/pdf/2025-06840.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06840 (as of 2026-06-08).