3.0.0 3688 2022-02-03T05:54:25Z 2022-02-03T05:54:25Z Senate S S 2012-12-17 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-12-18T00:09:21Z STOP Identity Theft Act of 2012 112 4362 HR 2012-08-02 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2012-12-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2012-12-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2012-12-17 True Crime and Law Enforcement Computer security and identity theft Crime victims Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2012-12-17 Introduced in Senate 2013-02-05T20:56:56Z 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) 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 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.

]]> STOP Identity Theft Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced STOP Identity Theft Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2012 Display Title STOP Identity Theft Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide effective criminal prosecutions for certain identity thefts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3688is/xml/BILLS-112s3688is.xml 2012-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.