HR 5455 · 109th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.(2006-07-18)
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) certify in writing to Congress that any individual whose personal information is compromised due to lax data security at the VA has been appropriately notified in writing of such compromise; and (2) provide free of charge to each such individual credit monitoring services during the one-year period beginning on the date of this Act's enactment and a copy of the affected individual's credit report (in addition to any other credit report provided under otherwise applicable law) once annually during the two-year period beginning on the date on which the credit monitoring services terminate.…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only
Cosponsors (20)
19 Democrats1 Independent