About the bill
H.R. 5192 attempts to reduce synthetic ID fraud by requiring the Social Security Administration (SSA) to match the name, Social Security number (SSN), and date of birth submitted by permitted entities against the SSA’s records. The bill seeks to protect individuals, firms, and the economy by allowing financial institutions to verify the accuracy of their customers’ personal identity information, in order to guard against the establishment of synthetic identities based on a valid SSN and a false name.
Studies show that children’s identities are stolen about 50 times more frequently than that of adults. That information is utilized by identity thieves to apply for loans, utility accounts, property accounts, driver’s licenses, and vehicle registration. The long-term consequences can leave children and families burdened with unintended debt ...
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
14 Cosponsors (10 Republicans, 4 Democrats)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Tipton Votes to Protect Children from Identity Theft”
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Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO3, 2011-2020]
(Co-sponsor)
on Apr 17, 2018
“House Sends Main Street Financial Regulatory Relief to Presidents Desk”
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Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL14, 2011-2018]
(Co-sponsor)
on May 22, 2018
“THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS - April 20, 2018”
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Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP0]
on Apr 23, 2018
History
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Mar 7, 2018
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Introduced
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Mar 14, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate (House next)
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Apr 11, 2018
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Ordered Reported
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Apr 13, 2018
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Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means
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Apr 17, 2018
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Passed House (Senate next)
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May 22, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed House
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May 24, 2018
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
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H.R. 5192 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 5192. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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