STOP Identity Theft Act of 2013
Latest action · Mar 6, 2014 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 316.
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.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2013 or the STOP Identity Theft Act of 2013 - 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 include in the first annual DOJ performance report made more than nine months after the date of this Act's enactment information as to progress in implementing this Act regarding: (1) information readily available to DOJ about trends in the incidence of tax return identity theft, (2) the effectiveness of statutory tools in aiding DOJ in prosecuting it, (3) recommendations on additional statutory tools that would aid in removing barriers to effective prosecution, and (4) the status of implementing DOJ's March 2010 audit report on DOJ efforts to combat identity theft.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2013 to Mar 4, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | Jan 24, 2013 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Feb 25, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Mar 4, 2014 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2014Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
- Mar 6, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 316.
- Feb 27, 2014Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jan 24, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Jan 24, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 744 | STOP Identity Theft Act of 2014 | Identical bill | Sep 9, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2014Reported to Senate
- Jan 24, 2013Introduced in Senate
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