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STOP Identity Theft Act of 2012

Introduced: April 16, 2012 Introduced by: Wasserman Schultz, Debbie Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2012
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 1, 2012
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5619)
Aug 1, 2012
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Aug 1, 2012
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/31/2012 H5510-5511)
Aug 1, 2012
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 7/31/2012 H5510-5511)
Jul 31, 2012
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5510-5514)
Jul 31, 2012
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Smith (TX) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
Jul 31, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4362.
Jul 31, 2012
Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jul 31, 2012
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 460.
Jul 31, 2012
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-639.
Jul 10, 2012
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jul 10, 2012
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 9, 2012
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
Apr 19, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Apr 16, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 16, 2012
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(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 2012 or the STOP Identity Theft Act of 2012 - 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) define "means of identification" to mean any name or number used to identify a specific person (currently, any specific individual); and (2) make tax fraud a predicate offense for aggravated identity theft.

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.

What's happening now August 2, 2012

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5