H.R. 744 · 113th Congress
Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2013
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Wasserman SchultzSponsor8 cosponsors · 6 D, 2 R
1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
- House Introduced Feb 15, 2013
- House Passed Sep 8, 2014
Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2014 or the STOP Identity Theft Act of 2014 - 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…
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Sep 8, 2014
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 8, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2014 or the STOP Identity Theft Act of 2014 - 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 report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on: (1) trends in the incidence of tax return identity theft, (2) recommendations on additional statutory tools that would aid in the effective prosecution of tax return identity theft, and (3) the status of implementing DOJ's March 2010 Audit Report 10-21 entitled "The Department of Justice's Efforts to Combat Identity Theft."
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: STOP Identity Theft Act of 2014
Also known as: STOP Identity Theft Act of 2013; Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2014
Latest action (Sep 9, 2014): Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 15, 2013
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Feb 15, 2013
- House Passed Sep 8, 2014
No recorded floor vote found.