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H.R. 744: STOP Identity Theft Act of 2013
- Introduced:
- Feb 15, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL23]
- Status:
- Referred to Committee
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- Full Title
To provide effective criminal prosecutions for certain identity thefts, and for other purposes.
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Last updated Feb 15, 2013.
4 pages
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Library of Congress Summary
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.
2/15/2013--Introduced.
Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2013 or the STOP Identity Theft Act of 2013 - 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.
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
United States Code
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- Title 18: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- Part I: CRIMES
- Chapter 47: FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
- Section 1028: Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information
- Title 31: MONEY AND FINANCE
- Subtitle II: THE BUDGET PROCESS
- Chapter 11: THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION
- Section 1116: Agency performance reporting
Other Citations
- 18 U.S.C. Chapter 47