Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of 2006
Latest action · Jul 18, 2006 Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
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 25, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take specified actions in response to the May 2006 breach of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data security, including: (1) repairing the breach, restoring the security and confidentiality of the sensitive financial personal information involved and the integrity of data security safeguards, and improving data security policies and procedures; and (2) notifying affected persons, each nationwide consumer reporting agency, and any other third parties who will be required to act to protect such persons from fraud or identity theft.
Makes the Secretary responsible for providing any notices and file monitoring required under this Act at no cost to the persons affected by the breach.
Requires the Secretary to make available to a person affected, upon request, a service that monitors nationwide credit activity from a consumer reporting agency for six months for free.
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2006 to Sep 29, 2006, with 41 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | May 25, 2006 |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Original | May 25, 2006 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2006Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
- Jun 20, 2006Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
- May 25, 2006Introduced in House
- May 25, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Computer security measures
- Consumer credit
- Consumer education
- Consumer protection
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial services
- Financial statements
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Identity theft
- Public records
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Telephone
- Victims of crimes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 25, 2006Introduced in House
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