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STOP Identity Theft Act of 2014

Introduced: May 8, 2013 Introduced by: Wasserman Schultz, Debbie Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 2014
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.
Sep 8, 2014
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 8, 2014
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7267)
Sep 8, 2014
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7267)
Sep 8, 2014
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 744.
Sep 8, 2014
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7267-7269)
Sep 8, 2014
Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 8, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 427.
Sep 8, 2014
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-576.
Jul 16, 2014
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 16, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 15, 2014
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
Apr 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Feb 15, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 15, 2013
Introduced in House
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(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."

What's happening now September 9, 2014

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.

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 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jun 28, 2013
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Jun 19, 2013
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· May 8, 2013
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 9, 2013
SMITH, LAMAR
· Feb 15, 2013
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