STOP Identity Theft Act of 2014
Latest action · Sep 9, 2014 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2013
- Passed HouseSep 8, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 8, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2014 or the STOP Identity Theft Act of 2014 - Calls for the Attorney General to: (1) make use of all existing resources of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including task forces, to bring more perpetrators of tax return identity theft to justice; and (2) take into account the need to concentrate efforts in areas of the country where the crime is most frequently reported, to coordinate with state and local authorities to prosecute and prevent such crime, and to protect vulnerable groups from becoming victims or otherwise being used in the offense.
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) include organizations as victims for purposes of prohibitions against identity theft or aggravated identity theft, and (2) subject an identity theft offense committed during and in relation to tax fraud to a fine and/or up to 20 years' imprisonment.
Directs the Attorney General to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on: (1) trends in the incidence of tax return identity theft, (2) recommendations on additional statutory tools that would aid in the effective prosecution of tax return identity theft, and (3) the status of implementing DOJ's March 2010 Audit Report 10-21 entitled "The Department of Justice's Efforts to Combat Identity Theft."
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2013 to Sep 9, 2013, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Original | Feb 15, 2013 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 8, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | May 8, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Jun 19, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jun 28, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Joe Garcia | Sep 9, 2013 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 9, 2014Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.
- Sep 8, 2014Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7267-7269)
- Sep 8, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 744.
- Sep 8, 2014Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 8, 2014Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 149 | STOP Identity Theft Act of 2013 | Identical bill | Mar 6, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 9, 2014Placed on Calendar Senate
- Sep 8, 2014Reported in House
- Sep 8, 2014Engrossed in House
- Feb 15, 2013Introduced in House
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