Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002
Latest action · Nov 14, 2002 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 755.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prescribes sentences of two years' imprisonment for knowingly transferring, possessing, or using, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person during and in relation to specified felony violations (including felonies relating to theft from employee benefit plans and various fraud and immigration offenses), and five years' imprisonment for knowingly taking such action during and in relation to specified felony violations pertaining to terrorist acts, in addition to the punishments provided for such felonies.
Prohibits a court from: (1) placing any person convicted of such a violation on probation; (2) reducing any sentence for the related felony to take into account the sentence imposed for such a violation; or (3) providing for concurrent terms of imprisonment for a violation of this Act and any other violation, except, in the court's discretion, an additional violation of this section.
Expands the existing identify theft prohibition to: (1) cover possession of a means of identification of another with intent to commit specified unlawful activity; (2) increase penalties for violations; and (3) include acts of domestic terrorism within the scope of a prohibition against facilitating an act of international terrorism.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2002 to Jul 17, 2002; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | May 22, 2002 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | May 22, 2002 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | May 22, 2002 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Jul 17, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 22, 2002Markup Nov 14, 2002Reported Nov 14, 2002 |
| Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 9, 2002 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2002Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Nov 14, 2002Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
- Nov 14, 2002Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 755.
- Jul 9, 2002Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information. Hearings held.
- May 22, 2002Introduced in Senate
- May 22, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4707-4708)
- May 22, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4708-4709)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4707Text printed S4708 | Dianne Feinstein D-CA (text) | May 22, 2002 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 19, 2002S. 2541, Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 14, 2002</p>
- Nov 19, 2002S. 2541, Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 14, 2002
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-81 | PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND PREVENTING THEIR MISUSE BY TERRORISTS AND IDENTITY THIEVES121 pages | Judiciary Committee · Ways and Means Committee | Sep 19, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-728 | IDENTITY THEFT: THE NATION'S FASTEST GROWING CRIME WAVE HITS SENIORS164 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | Jul 18, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-900 | IDENTITY THEFT109 pages | Judiciary Committee | Mar 20, 2002–Jul 9, 2002 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5588 | Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002 | Identical bill | Nov 12, 2002 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish penalties for aggravated identity theft, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Ammunition
- Bank fraud
- Bank records
- Citizenship
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Counterfeiting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Deportation
- EBB Terrorism
- Embezzlement
- Employee benefit plans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Firearms
- Firearms control
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health care fraud
- Identification devices
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- Imprisonment
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Larceny
- Medicaid fraud
- Medicare fraud
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Passports
- Pension funds
- Postal crimes
- Probation
- Right of privacy
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Sentencing guidelines
- Social security numbers
- Social Welfare
- Terrorism
- Visas
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2002Reported to Senate
- May 22, 2002Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
