H.R. 5455: Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2006-05-23 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2006-05-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] · 126 cosponsors

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Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Ed Case (D-HI), John B. Larson (D-CT), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Jim Costa (D-CA) and 66 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr5455.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>

Record fed-us-cong109-hr5455 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109