HR 5487 109th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Computer security measures Consumer credit Consumer education Consumer protection Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Finance and Financial Sector Financial services Financial statements Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Identity theft Public records Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Security measures

Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of 2006

Introduced: May 25, 2006 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

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 25, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

May 25, 2006

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take specified actions in response to the May 2006 breach of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data security, including: (1) repairing the breach, restoring the security and confidentiality of the sensitive financial personal information involved and the integrity of data security safeguards, and improving data security policies and procedures; and (2) notifying affected persons, each nationwide consumer reporting agency, and any other third parties who will be required to act to protect such persons from fraud or identity theft.

Makes the Secretary responsible for providing any notices and file monitoring required under this Act at no cost to the persons affected by the breach.

Requires the Secretary to make available to a person affected, upon request, a service that monitors nationwide credit activity from a consumer reporting agency for six months for free.

What's happening now July 18, 2006

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.

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