S 3063
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Computer security and identity theft
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Veterans' Identity Theft Protection Act of 2016
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 16, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 16, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans' Identity Theft Protection Act of 2016
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to discontinue using Social Security account numbers to identify individuals in its information systems by the following deadlines:
- for all veterans submitting new claims for benefits, by not later than two years after the date of enactment of this bill; and
- for all other individuals, by not later than five years after such date.
The VA may use a Social Security account number to identify an individual in a VA information system only if the VA must use such number to obtain information from an information system that is not under its jurisdiction.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1