Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 4, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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.
- IntroducedOct 16, 2007
- Passed SenateNov 15, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 - 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 communication; (6) eliminate the requirement that damage to a victim's computer aggregate at least $5,000 before a prosecution can be brought for unauthorized access to a computer; (7) make it a felony, during any one-year period, to damage 10 or more protected computers used by or for the federal government or a financial institution; (8) expand the definition of "cyber-extortion" to include a demand for money in relation to damage to a protected computer, where such damage was caused to facilitate the extortion; (9) prohibit conspiracies to commit computer fraud; (10) expand interstate and foreign jurisdiction for prosecution of computer fraud offenses; and (11) impose criminal and civil forfeitures of property used to commit computer fraud offenses.
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review its guidelines and policy statements for the sentencing of persons convicted of identity theft, computer fraud, illegal wiretapping, and unlawful access to stored information to reflect increased penalties for such offenses. Sets forth criteria for updating such guidelines and policy statements.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 16, 2007 to Nov 7, 2007, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Oct 16, 2007 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Oct 16, 2007 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Oct 16, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Oct 16, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Oct 30, 2007 | |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Oct 30, 2007 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Oct 30, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Nov 6, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Nov 7, 2007 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Dec 4, 2007Received in the House.
- Dec 4, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Nov 16, 2007Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 15, 2007Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14568-14572; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S14568-14569; text as passed Senate: CR S14570-14572)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6060 | Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008 | Related bill | Jul 28, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative procedure
- Bank records
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Compensation for victims of crime
- Computer crimes
- Computer software
- Conspiracy
- Counterfeiting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Electronic surveillance
- Extortion
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Forfeiture
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government property
- Homicide
- Identity theft
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Jurisdiction
- Juvenile delinquency
- Law
- Prosecution
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Securities fraud
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Sentencing guidelines
- Taxation
- Trade secrets
- U.S. Sentencing Commission
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2007Referred in House
- Nov 15, 2007Engrossed in Senate
- Nov 1, 2007Reported to Senate
- Oct 16, 2007Introduced in Senate
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