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Veterans Identity Protection Act

Introduced: May 24, 2006 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 18, 2006

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.

Jun 20, 2006

Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.

May 24, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

May 24, 2006

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Identity Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide notice to each veteran whose name or other personal identifying information was part of the VA data that was stolen from the home of a VA employee around May 22, 2006, informing the veteran of: (1) the theft; (2) the nature of the breach of confidentiality; and (3) the veteran's right to request a free credit report once every three months and free monitoring of the veteran's credit report for the next year.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) include with each notification a form (with a postage-paid return envelope) by which the veteran may make such requests; (2) enter into discussions with the three principal credit reporting agencies and conclude agreements necessary to implement such elections; and (3) fully implement, as rapidly as possible, each of the 16 information security improvements recommended in the VA Inspector General's report on the March 2005 audit of the VA's Information Security Program.

Sets penalties for failure to implement this Act.

What's happening now July 18, 2006

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.

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