H.R. 5455 · 109th Congress

Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2006-05-23
Latest action
2006-07-18 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.

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.