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Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextTo amend title 44, United States Code, to strengthen requirements for ensuring the effectiveness of information security controls over information resources that support Federal operations and assets, and for other purposes. 6/3/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Federal Agency Data Protection Act - (Sec. 3) Defines "personally identifiable information" as any information about an individual maintained by a federal agency, including information about the individual's education, finances, medical, criminal, or employment history, that can be used to distinguish or trace such individual's identity or that is otherwise linked or linkable to the individual. (Sec. 4) Includes within the information security duties of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): (1) reviewing agency information security programs, including plans and schedules, developed on the basis of priorities for addressing levels of [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/11/2008 - House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 12, 2008. Bill TextTo strengthen the authority of the Federal Government to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers, and for other purposes. 6/13/2007--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Social Security Number Protection Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make it unlawful for any person, except in certain circumstances, to: (1) intentionally display the Social Security number of another individual on a website generally accessible to the public or providing an individual with access to another individual's Social Security number through the Internet; (2) require an individual who is a customer of or member associated with such person to use the individual's Social Security number as a password for access to any good or service, including any account or protected access [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/03/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to make technical corrections to the definition of willful noncompliance with respect to violations involving the printing of an expiration date on certain credit and debit card receipts before the date of the enactment of this Act. 6/3/2008--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to declare that any person who printed an expiration date on any receipt provided to a consumer cardholder at a point of sale (POS) or transaction between December 4, 2004, and the enactment of this Act, but otherwise complied with FCRA requirements for such receipt, shall not be in willful noncompliance by reason of printing such expiration date on it.
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Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo require an employer to take action after receiving official notice that an individual's Social Security account number does not match the individual's name, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Employment Eligibility Verification and Anti-Identity Theft Act - Directs the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to notify a person or entity each time that the combination of name and Social Security account number it has submitted for an individual does not match Social Security Administration records. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (HS) to notify a person or entity each time that: (1) an immigration status or employment authorization document presented or referenced by an individual during the employment eligibility verification process was assigned to another person; or (2) there is no agency record that the document was assigned to any person. Directs the HS Secretary to establish a system, meeting specified requirements, for [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Bill TextTo amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that individuals and appropriate authorities are notified by the Commissioner of Social Security of evidence of misuse of the Social Security account numbers of such individuals. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Identity Theft Notification Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to notify individuals and appropriate authorities of evidence of a certain misuse of individual Social Security account numbers. Requires the Commissioner to determine, in certain instances of wage reports involving multiple addresses for the same employee name, whether there is evidence that the wages were not paid to the individual to whom the Social Security account number was assigned.
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Latest Action: 01/09/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E51) Bill TextTo require the distribution by the National Technical Information Service of monthly updates of the Death Master List prepared by the Social Security Administration to all nationwide consumer reporting agencies, to require such consumer reporting agencies to maintain a permanent fraud alert in each file of a consumer whose name appears on the Death Master List, and for other purposes. 1/9/2007--Introduced. Identity Theft Protection and Timely Reporting Act of 2007 - Directs the National Technical Information Service of the Department of Commerce to provide monthly updates of the Death Master List prepared by the Social Security Administration to each consumer reporting agency described in the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require each such consumer reporting agency to include a fraud alert in the consumer file of each consumer whose name appears on the Death Master List prepared by the Social Security Administration so long as the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. With written report No. 110-70. Additional views filed. Bill TextA bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information. 5/23/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007 - Title I: Enhancing Punishment For Identity Theft And Other Violations Of Data Privacy and Security - (Sec. 101) Amends the federal criminal code to add intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to the definition of racketeering activity. (Sec. 102) Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to five years for intentionally and willfully concealing a security breach involving sensitive personally identifiable information that causes economic damage to one or more persons. Defines "sensitive personally identifiable information"[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo establish a grant program to enhance the financial and retirement literacy of mid-life and older Americans and to reduce financial abuse and fraud among such Americans, and for other purposes. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Retirement Security Education Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to provide financial education programs to mid-life and older individuals who reside in local communities in order to: (1) enhance their financial and retirement knowledge; and (2) reduce financial abuse and fraud, including telemarketing, mortgage, and pension fraud, among them.Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to one or more eligible entities to: (1) create and make available instructional materials and information that promote financial education; and (2) provide training and other related assistance regarding the establishment of financial education programs. Expresses the sense of Congress that organizations [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an increased maximum penalty for telemarketing fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes. 1/22/2007--Introduced. Seniors Taking on Phony Marketers Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase from 10 to 15 years the additional term of imprisonment for telemarketing fraud aimed at individuals over the age of 55. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for: (1) 50 new postal inspectors to investigate telemarketing fraud; (2) 30 new assistant U.S. attorneys to prosecute telemarketing fraud cases; and (3) public awareness and prevention initiatives to educate senior citizens about telemarketing fraud.
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Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2357) Bill TextA bill to prevent the fraudulent use of social security account numbers by allowing the sharing of social security data among agencies of the United States for identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement purposes, and for other purposes. 2/28/2007--Introduced. Social Security Number Fraud and Identity Theft Prevention Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Secretary of Labor, and the Attorney General to require an individual to provide the individual's Social Security account number for inclusion in any: (1) record of the individual maintained by either such Secretary or the Attorney General; or (2) any application, document, or form provided under or required by the immigration laws. (Currently, the Attorney General is authorized to require any alien to provide a Social Security account number for inclusion in any record maintained by the Attorney General or the Bureau of Citizenship [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4185-4186) Bill Text
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
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Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill Text
A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to make technical corrections to the definition of willful noncompliance with respect to violations involving the printing of an expiration date on certain credit and debit card receipts before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, assist low-income taxpayers, and for other purposes. 4/15/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the standards for imposing penalties on tax return preparers for understatements of tax to require: (1) substantial authority for a position with respect to an item on a tax return if such position was not disclosed with the return; and (2) a reasonable basis for a position that was disclosed with the return. Requires tax return preparers to have a reasonable belief that a position with respect to a tax shelter or a reportable transaction (a transaction having a potential for tax avoidance or evasion) will more likely than not be sustained on [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1126-1127) Bill TextA bill to prohibit the collection of identifying information of individuals by false, fraudulent, or deceptive means through the Internet, a practice known as "phishing", to provide the Federal Trade Commission the necessary authority to enforce such prohibition, and for other purposes. 2/25/2008--Introduced. Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008 or the APCPA - Makes it unlawful for a person to fraudulently: (1) solicit identifying information from a protected computer; (2) use a domain name in violation of the Trademark Act of 1946; (3) use a domain name in an electronic mail message, an instant message, or on a Web page; or (4) register a domain name in any domain name registration authority. Makes it unlawful for a domain name authority to replace or materially alter the contents of, or restrict access to, any domain name registrant's name or other identifying information in any domain name registration authority database if the authority has received written [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextTo amend title 44, United States Code, to strengthen requirements for ensuring the effectiveness of information security controls over information resources that support Federal operations and assets, and for other purposes. 6/3/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Federal Agency Data Protection Act - (Sec. 3) Defines "personally identifiable information" as any information about an individual maintained by a federal agency, including information about the individual's education, finances, medical, criminal, or employment history, that can be used to distinguish or trace such individual's identity or that is otherwise linked or linkable to the individual. (Sec. 4) Includes within the information security duties of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): (1) reviewing agency information security programs, including plans and schedules, developed on the basis of priorities for addressing levels of [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 12/18/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to data privacy and security, and for other purposes. 11/14/2007--Introduced. Privacy and Cybercrime Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends federal criminal code provisions relating to computer fraud and unauthorized access to computers to: (1) include computer fraud within the definition of racketeering activity; (2) provide criminal penalties for intentional failures to provide required notices of a security breach involving sensitive personally identifiable information; (3) expand penalties for conspiracies to commit computer fraud and extortion attempts involving threats to access computers without authorization; (4) provide for forfeiture of property used to commit computer fraud; and (5) require restitution for victims of identity theft and computer fraud.Authorizes additional appropriations for investigating and prosecuting criminal activity involving computers. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism. Bill TextTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposes. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Border Enforcement, Employment Verification, and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to: (1) take all appropriate actions, including development of a national border strategy, to maintain operational control over the U.S. international land and maritime borders; (2) report on cross-border security agreements with Mexico and Canada; (3) provide for biometric data enhancements; (4) increase port of entry inspection personnel; (5) report on the airspace security mission's impact on the National Capital Region; (6) reimburse private owners along the border for certain property damage; (7) establish at least one Border Patrol unit for the Virgin Islands; (8) report on Central American gang travel across the U.S.-Mexico border; and (9) deploy radiation portal [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/03/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to make technical corrections to the definition of willful noncompliance with respect to violations involving the printing of an expiration date on certain credit and debit card receipts before the date of the enactment of this Act. 6/3/2008--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to declare that any person who printed an expiration date on any receipt provided to a consumer cardholder at a point of sale (POS) or transaction between December 4, 2004, and the enactment of this Act, but otherwise complied with FCRA requirements for such receipt, shall not be in willful noncompliance by reason of printing such expiration date on it.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Bank records, Computer crimes, Conspiracy, Counterfeiting, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Electronic government information, Electronic surveillance, Executive departments, Extortion, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal law enforcement officers, Finance, Forfeiture, Fraud, Government employees, Government information, Intelligence activities, Law, Organized crime, Prosecution, Recruiting of employees, Secret service, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Sentencing guidelines, Technology, U.S. Sentencing Commission
Latest Action: 10/22/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13194-13195) Bill TextA bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve prevention, investigation, and prosecution of cyber-crime, and for other purposes. 10/22/2007--Introduced. Cyber-Crime Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) add criminal penalties for conspiracy to intentionally access a protected computer (i.e., computers serving the federal government or financial institutions); (2) redefine the crime of computer-related extortion to include threats to access without authorization (or to exceed authorized access of) a protected computer; (3) impose criminal penalties for damaging 10 or more protected computers during any one-year period; (4) expand the definition of racketeering to include computer fraud; (5) eliminate the interstate communication requirement for purposes of prosecuting computer fraud offenses; and (6) impose civil forfeiture penalties for unauthorized access to protected computers.Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and revise [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Bank records, Banks and banking, Business, Children, Civil liberties, Compensation for victims of crime, Computer crimes, Computer software, Conspiracy, Counterfeiting, Criminal justice, Electronic surveillance, Executive departments, Extortion, Finance, Forfeiture, Fraud, Government property, Homicide, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Jurisdiction, Juvenile delinquency, Law, Prosecution, Right of privacy, Securities fraud, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Sentencing guidelines, Taxation, Technology, Trade secrets, U.S. Sentencing Commission
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextA bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to enable increased federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and to allow for restitution to victims of identity theft. 11/15/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) authorize criminal restitution orders in identity theft cases to compensate victims for the time spent to remediate the intended or actual harm incurred; (2) expand identity theft and aggravated identity theft crimes to include offenses against organizations (currently, only natural persons are protected); (3) include conspiracy to commit a felony within the definition of "felony violation" for purposes of aggravated identity theft crimes; (4) include making, uttering, or possessing counterfeited securities, mail theft, and tax fraud as predicate offenses for aggravated identity theft; (5) enable prosecution of computer [...] show full description
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