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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.
Also tagged in: Consumer credit, Consumer protection, Consumers, Credit bureaus, Criminal justice, Data banks, Death, Directories, Finance, Fraud, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Technology
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
Also tagged in: Adult education, Aged, Budgets, Business, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumers, Crime prevention, Crimes against the elderly, Criminal justice, Estates (Law), Evaluation research (Social action programs), Finance, Financial planning, Financial services, Fraud, Grants-in-aid, Housing, Law, Long-term care, Medical care, Medicine, Mortgages, Nonprofit organizations, Pensions, Performance measurement, Personal budgets, Retirement, Saving and investment, Social services, Telecommunication, Telemarketing, Usury, Women, Women's retirement
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
Also tagged in: Aged, Authorization, Bank fraud, Communications, Conspiracy, Consumer protection, Consumers, Crime prevention, Crimes against the elderly, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Department of Justice, Employee training, Executive departments, Federal employees, Federal law enforcement officers, Federal Trade Commission, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Government attorneys, Government employees, Government information, Government publicity, Independent regulatory commissions, Job training, Law, Police training, Public prosecutors, Public service advertising, Recruiting of employees, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Telemarketing, Telephone, United States Postal Service
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.
Also tagged in: Alien labor, Aliens, Citizenship, Criminal justice, Earnings, Fraud, Government information, Government paperwork, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Labor, Social security, Social security numbers, Visas
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: 02/28/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2362) Bill TextA bill to amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a governmentwide policy requiring competition in certain executive agency procurements, and for other purposes. 2/28/2007--Introduced. Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require an executive agency, when procuring Federal Prison Industries (FPI) products to: (1) use competitive procedures; or (2) make an individual purchase under a multiple award contract in accordance with applicable competition requirements. Requires an agency to: (1) timely notify FPI of procurements; and (2) consider a timely offer from FPI in the same manner as other offers. Requires agency heads to ensure that: (1) agencies do not purchase a FPI product or service unless an agency's contracting officer determines that the product or service is comparable to products or services available from the private sector that best meet the agencies' needs; and (2) FPI performs its contractual obligations to agencies [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to give consumers tools to protect themselves from ID theft by allowing them to prevent unauthorized access to their credit reports, and for other purposes. 3/7/2007--Introduced. Consumer ID Protection and Security Act - Authorizes a consumer to place a security freeze on his or her credit report by making a request to a consumer credit reporting agency in writing, by telephone, or through a secure electronic connection if such a connection is made available by the agency, subject to specified requirements. Directs that any violation of this Act be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice proscribed under a rule issued pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Armed forces, Business, Civil liberties, Classified defense information, Computer crimes, Computer hackers, Computer industry, Computer security measures, Conspiracy, Consumer education, Consumers, Counterintelligence, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, Defense policy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Destruction of property, Electronic government information, Encryption, Espionage, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal employees, Federal law enforcement officers, Federal preemption, Fines (Penalties), Forfeiture, Fraud, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Identification devices, Information technology, Intelligence activities, Internet, Job training, Labor, Larceny, Law, National security, Obstruction of justice, Official secrets, Organized crime, Personnel records, Police training, Prosecution, Public contracts, Recruiting of employees, Right of privacy, Secret service, Sentencing guidelines, State and local government, State laws, Technology, Telecommunication, U.S. Sentencing Commission
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo amend title 18, United States Code, to better assure cyber-security, and for other purposes. 2/6/2007--Introduced. Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit accessing or remotely controlling a protected computer to obtain identification information; (2) revise the definition of "protected computer" to include computers affecting interstate or foreign commerce or communication; (3) expand the definition of racketeering to include computer fraud; (4) redefine the crime of computer-related extortion to include threats to access without authorization (or to exceed authorized access of) a protected computer; (5) impose criminal penalties for conspiracy to commit computer fraud; (6) impose a fine and/or five year prison term for failure to notify the U.S. Secret Service or Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of a major security breach (involving a significant risk of identity theft) in a [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/30/2008 - Received in the Senate. Bill TextTo amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards. 9/29/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that Social Security account numbers are not included on Medicare cards. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to report to Congress after one year on the implementation of this Act, including line-item estimates of and justifications for associated costs, taking into consideration, among other factors, cost-effectiveness and beneficiary outreach and education.
Also tagged in: Business, Consumer education, Consumers, Criminal justice, Data banks, Electronic commerce, Foreign policy, Fraud, Identification devices, International affairs, International cooperation, Internet, Names, Public contracts, Technology, Telecommunication, Web sites
Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4185-4186) Bill TextA resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. 5/14/2008--Introduced. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is critical that more progress be made by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in transparency, accountability, and security; (2) the private sector's success in Internet development is unparalleled and industry self-regulation must be assured through more effective ICANN contract compliance efforts; (3) WHOIS databases provide a vital tool for businesses, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and other law enforcement agencies to track down brand infringement, online fraud, identity theft, and other online illegal activity, as well as for consumers to determine the availability of domain names and communicate with online businesses; (4) increased international private sector participation in various ICANN processes should be encouraged; (5) the United [...] 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: 07/28/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo 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. 5/14/2008--Introduced. Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008 - 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 fraud offenses for conduct not involving an interstate or foreign [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Consumer protection, Consumers, Credit cards, Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Debit cards, Finance, Fraud, Frivolous lawsuits, Government information, Government paperwork, Law
Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA 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. 5/6/2008--Introduced. Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act of 2008 - 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: 04/24/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to require the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method for truncation of social security account numbers in order to protect such numbers from being used in the perpetration of fraud or identity theft and to provide for a prohibition on the display to the general public on the Internet of social security account numbers by State and local governments, and for other purposes. 4/24/2008--Introduced. Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2008 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method for truncation of Social Security account numbers in order to facilitate their protection from use in fraud or identity theft. Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the display of Social Security account numbers to the general public on the Internet by state and local governments, except in compliance with such truncation standards. Directs the Attorney General to award grants to state [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Collection of accounts, Communications, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation taxes, Criminal justice, Debit cards, Department of the Treasury, Earned income tax credit, Electronic funds transfers, Executive departments, Finance, Fraud, Government contractors, Government information, Government procurement, Government publicity, Government service contracts, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Home care services, Income tax, Internet, Labor, Law, Loans, Names, Partnerships, Public contracts, Searches and seizures, Signs and symbols, Social services, Tax auditing, Tax deductions, Tax exemption, Tax liens, Tax penalties, Tax preparers, Tax refunds, Tax returns, Taxation, Taxpayers, Technology, Telecommunication, Volunteer workers, Welfare, Wireless communication, Withholding tax
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
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Alien labor, Budgets, Citizenship, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Counterfeiting, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Treasury, Dismissal of employees, Driver licenses, Earnings, Employers' liability, Executive departments, Federal law enforcement officers, Fines (Penalties), Fingerprints, Fraud, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Grants-in-aid, Identification devices, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Injunctions, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Law, Public contracts, Social security, Social security numbers, Tax returns, Taxation, Transportation, Vital statistics
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596. Bill TextA bill to improve the enforcement of laws prohibiting the employment of unauthorized aliens and for other purposes. 3/5/2008--Introduced. Worksite Enforcement Act of 2008 - Sets forth immigration-related worksite enforcement provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) unlawful employment of aliens; (2) disclosure of taxpayer information; (3) social security cards and identity documents; (4) establishment of a voluntary advanced verification program to allow employers to verify an employee's fingerprints in order to determine identity and work status; (5) responsibilities of the Social Security Administration (SSA); (6) immigration-related activities of the SSA and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and (7) criminal penalties for misuse of social security numbers.
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Alien labor, Business, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Computer security measures, Confidential communications, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Data banks, Department of Homeland Security, Discrimination in employment, Electronic data interchange, Electronic government information, Employee rights, Employee selection, Employers' liability, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Fines (Penalties), Foreign policy, Fraud, Government information, Government paperwork, Identification devices, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Judicial review, Labor, Law, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Recruiting of employees, Right of privacy, Small business, Social security, Social security eligibility, Technology, Telecommunication, Treaties
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo amend the Social Security Act to prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward benefits under title II of such Act and to make improvements in provisions governing totalization agreements, to amend the Social Security Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent unauthorized employment, and to improve coordination of the provisions of such Acts, and for other purposes. 2/28/2008--Introduced. New Employee Verification Act of 2008 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to require employers to verify employee identification and employment eligibility under the Electronic Employment Verification System (EEVS) or the Secure Employment Eligibility Verification System (SEEVS) (as established by this Act). Permits employers subject to employee verification requirements to do so under EEVS or SEEVS. Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) voluntary and expedited participation; (2) employer penalties for failure to participate in EEVS [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Business, Criminal justice, Electronic commerce, Electronic mail systems, Federal preemption, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Intellectual property, Internet, Law, Local laws, Names, State and local government, State laws, Technology, Telecommunication, Trademarks, Web sites
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
Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Bill TextTo protect seniors from identity theft and strengthen our national security by providing for the issuance of a secure Social Security card. 2/13/2008--Introduced. Social Security Identity Theft Prevention Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require Social Security cards to be made of tamperproof and wear-resistant material (currently, of banknote paper), and include a digital image of the cardholder as well as an encrypted, machine-readable electronic record containing biometric identifiers.
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