US Congress House Bill 4362 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4-1)
Status: Engrossed on August 2 2012 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-12-17 - S.AMDT.3343 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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) define "means of identification" to mean any name or number used to identify a specific person (currently, any specific individual); and (2) make tax fraud a predicate offense for aggravated identity theft. 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

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. David Rivera [R-FL]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-12-17	Senate	S.AMDT.3343 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2012-08-02	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2012-08-01	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2012-08-01	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/31/2012 H5510-5511)
2012-08-01	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5619)
2012-07-31	House	At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Smith (TX) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
2012-07-31	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4362.
2012-07-31	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5510-5514)
2012-07-31	House	Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2012-07-31	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 460.
2012-07-31	House	Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-639.
2012-07-10	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2012-07-10	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2012-07-09	House	Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
2012-04-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2012-04-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB3688 (Related) 2012-12-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4362/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr4362/BILLS-112hr4362ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr4362/BILLS-112hr4362rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr4362/BILLS-112hr4362eh.pdf