HR 5487 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of 2006

Introduced May 25, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Darlene Hooley D-OR

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 25, 2006
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-TXAl GreenOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-CABob FilnerOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-WABrian BairdOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-GADavid ScottOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-NDEarl PomeroyOriginalMay 25, 2006
R-ORGreg WaldenOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-CAJane HarmanOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalMay 25, 2006
R-MNJim RamstadOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMay 25, 2006
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-ILMelissa L. BeanOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-WVNick J. Rahall IIOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-WANorman D. DicksOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 25, 2006
R-LARichard H. BakerOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-SDStephanie Herseth SandlinOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMay 25, 2006
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOriginalMay 25, 2006
R-NYSue W. KellyOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMay 25, 2006
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Sep 29, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred May 25, 2006

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 18, 2006Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
  2. Jun 20, 2006Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
  3. May 25, 2006Introduced in House
  4. May 25, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain actions to mitigate the effects of the breach of data security that occurred, or is likely to have occurred, in May, 2006, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of 2006

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 25, 2006Introduced in House

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