Comprehensive Veterans' Data Protection and Identity Theft Prevention 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.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Comprehensive Veterans' Data Protection and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2006 - Places upon the Secretary of Veterans Affairs an affirmative obligation to protect from any data breach the sensitive personal information of veterans and any other individuals that the Department of Veterans Affairs possesses, creates, or maintains, as well as information or tools (including passwords and encryption keys) used to protect the integrity of such data.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement and maintain reasonable security policies and procedures to protect such information; and (2) prescribe policies and procedures regarding employee and third party access to, and use of, such information which the Department receives, maintains, or transmits.
Directs the Secretary, upon discovery of a data breach, to: (1) notify the United States Secret Service, the Department's Inspector General, the congressional veterans' committees, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); (2) notify each individual whose information was acquired or accessed by an unauthorized person; and (3) place a conspicuous notice on the Department's Internet website.
Requires the Secretary, upon request of an affected individual, to: (1) include a fraud alert in the file of the individual with each nationwide consumer reporting agency; (2) apply a security freeze to the file of such individual; and (3) provide free damage mitigation services, including credit monitoring and annual copies of consumer credit reports.
Establishes within the Department an Ombudsman for Data Security.
Cosponsors 142
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2006 to Jul 27, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Jun 12, 2006 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | Jun 16, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jun 16, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jun 16, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Jun 19, 2006 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Jun 19, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 19, 2006 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jun 19, 2006 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Jun 19, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Jun 21, 2006 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jun 21, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jun 21, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jun 21, 2006 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 21, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-LA | Charlie Melancon | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| D-WV | Alan B. Mollohan | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Jul 10, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jul 10, 2006 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jul 10, 2006 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 10, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jul 18, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Jul 27, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2006 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2006Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
- Jun 20, 2006Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
- Jun 13, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3803)
- Jun 12, 2006Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3803 | John T. Salazar D-CO | Jun 13, 2006 |
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 protect sensitive personal information of veterans, to ensure that veterans are appropriately notified of any breach of data security with respect to such information, to provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by any such breach of data security, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Comprehensive Veterans' Data Protection and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative procedure
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Computer security measures
- Consumer credit
- Consumer education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Encryption
- Executive reorganization
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial services
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Identification devices
- Identity theft
- Law
- Ombudsman
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2006Introduced in House
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