109 HR 6273 IH: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide U.S. House of Representatives 2006-09-29 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.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6273 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 29, 2006 Mr. Cardoza introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for enhanced protections against identity theft related to the public filing of separation forms of members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

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Protection against veteran identity theft related to public filing of separation forms

(a)

Identity theft protection

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regulations to establish guidelines for States and local governments with respect to protecting against identity theft when publicly filing a DD–214. (b)

Guidelines for proof of identity theft

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regulations to establish guidelines for use by a veteran to demonstrate that the personal identification information of the veteran was misused by an unauthorized person as a direct result of the public filing of the veteran’s DD–214. (c)

Credit monitoring and fraud remediation

(1)

Provision of services

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide credit monitoring services and fraud remediation to an eligible veteran during the one-year period beginning on the date on which the Secretary approves the application of the veteran. (2)

Eligibility

To be eligible to receive services under this subsection, a veteran shall submit to the Secretary an application demonstrating that under the guidelines established under subsection (b), the personal identification information of the veteran was misused by an unauthorized person as a direct result of the public filing of the veteran’s DD–214. (3)

Credit monitoring services

Credit monitoring services under this subsection shall include each of the following: (A)One copy of the credit report of the veteran every three months. (B)Fraud resolution services for the veteran. (C)Identity theft insurance in a coverage amount that does not exceed $30,000 in aggregate liability for the insured. (d)

Report to Congress

Not later than September 30 of each year, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the number of identity thefts connected to the public filing of DD–214s that occurred during the year preceding the year during which the report is submitted. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall seek to cooperate with States and local governments to obtain the information submitted in the report.

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Definitions

In this Act: (1)The term DD–214 means the separation form of a member of the Armed Forces designated as Department of Defense Form DD–214 (or any successor form). (2)The term veteran has the meaning given such term under section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code. (3)The term identity theft has the meaning given such term under section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a). (4)The term personal identification information, with respect to an individual, means any information about the individual maintained by an agency, including— (A)education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history; (B)information that can be used to distinguish or trace the individual's identity, including name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother's maiden name, or biometric records; or (C)any other personal information that is linked or linkable to the individual. (5)The term fraud remediation means services to assist an individual in the process of recovering and rehabilitating the credit of the individual after the individual experiences identity theft.