3.0.0 3176 2023-01-13T04:50:57Z 2023-01-13T04:50:57Z Senate S S 2006-05-25 109 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-05-25T23:01:48Z Veterans and Military Privacy Protection Act of 2006 109 3486 S 2006-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Related bill CRS 2006-05-25 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5252-5254) IntroReferral 2006-05-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5252) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2006-05-26 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2006-06-05 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2006-06-05 False B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2006-06-05 False Finance and Financial Sector Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer credit Consumer education Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Federal Trade Commission Fees Financial services Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Identity theft Independent regulatory commissions Law Legislation Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Sentences (Criminal procedure) Social Welfare Telephone Victims of crimes Finance and Financial Sector 00 2006-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2006-09-07T18:37:52Z Veterans Privacy Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to develop and implement a program of financial counseling and support to any veteran (and spouse of a veteran) who may be a victim of identity theft as a result of the security breach at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on May 3, 2006.

Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to direct each consumer reporting agency (CRA), upon the request of such a veteran or spouse, to provide automatic extended fraud alerts to such individuals. Authorizes the placement in the files of such a veteran or spouse of a security freeze by a CRA, after which the CRA may not release information from their file for consumer credit purposes to a third party without prior express written authorization from such veteran or spouse. Requires notification to the spouse or veteran by a CRA before the removal of a security freeze. Provides security freeze exceptions.

Amends the federal criminal code to double the penalties for identity theft when the victim is a veteran or their spouse.

Requires Comptroller General studies on: (1) VA data protection; (2) VA security breach investigation; (3) an FTC program for veterans and spouses at risk of identity theft; and (4) federal agency compliance with personal data protection requirements.

]]> Veterans Privacy Protection Act of 2006 Display Title Veterans Privacy Protection Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect the privacy of veterans and spouses of veterans affected by the security breach at the Department of Veterans Affairs on May 3, 2006, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Privacy Protection Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3176is/xml/BILLS-109s3176is.xml 2006-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5252-5254) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.