Regional ID Theft Task Force Act of 2005 - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to coalitions of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to establish regional task forces to more effectively investigate and prosecute identity theft and other economic crimes.
Directs the Attorney General: (1) to consider, in selecting grant recipients and in determining grant amounts, the population of the region to be served, the degree of cooperation between the law enforcement agencies and the financial institutions involved, and the rate of economic crimes in the region; (2) after three fiscal years, to evaluate and report to Congress on the effectiveness of such task forces; and (3) develop and make available a standard form that may be used by a local law enforcement agency in receiving a report that a person is the victim of an economic crime.
Prohibits a local law enforcement agency from declining to accept a report of an economic crime from a victim residing in its jurisdiction on the basis that the crime occurred outside such jurisdiction.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4244 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4244
To provide for grants for regional task forces to more effectively
investigate and prosecute identity theft and other economic crimes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 7, 2005
Ms. Hooley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To provide for grants for regional task forces to more effectively
investigate and prosecute identity theft and other economic crimes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regional ID Theft Task Force Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL ID THEFT TASK FORCES.
(a) Grants Required.--The Attorney General shall make grants to
coalitions of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to
establish regional task forces to more effectively investigate and
prosecute identify theft and other economic crimes, such as check fraud
and credit card fraud.
(b) Use of Grant Amounts.--
(1) In general.--Grant amounts received under this section
may be used for--
(A) planning, equipment, training, and costs
associated with starting up a regional task force; and
(B) personnel costs and operating expenses for the
regional task force.
(2) Limitation.--For any fiscal year, not more than 50
percent of amounts received may be used for personnel costs and
operating expenses.
(3) Supplement not supplant.--Grant amounts under this
section must supplement rather than supplant other available
funding.
(4) Maximum.--A regional task force may not receive more
than $3,000,000 for any fiscal year and may not receive funding
for more than four fiscal years.
(c) Eligible Task Forces Defined.--In this section, the term
``regional task force'' means a task force that--
(1) is established by a coalition of Federal, State, and
local law enforcement agencies that--
(A) collectively serve a region that has a
population of at least 1,000,000 people; and
(B) have in effect an agreement to cooperate in
investigating and prosecuting identity theft and other
economic crimes; and
(2) includes one or more representatives of financial
institutions.
(d) Selection Criteria.--In selecting recipients for, and in
determining amounts of, grants under this section, the Attorney General
shall consider--
(1) the population of the region to be served by the task
force;
(2) the degree of cooperation between the law enforcement
agencies and the financial institutions involved in the task
force; and
(3) the region's rate of economic crimes.
(e) Evaluation and Report to Congress.--After three fiscal years
for which grants are made under this section, the Attorney General
shall carry out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the activities
carried out under this section, including an evaluation of the
effectiveness of each task force receiving grant amounts under this
section and an evaluation of the effectiveness of each distinct
practice used by the various task forces. After completing the
evaluation, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on
the results of the evaluation, which shall include a description of the
distinct practices that the Attorney General considers to be the most
effective and recommends for adoption by other task forces.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each fiscal
year.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES RECEIVING
REPORTS OF ECONOMIC CRIMES.
(a) Local Agencies to Accept All Reports of Local Victims.--
Whenever a local law enforcement agency receives a report that a person
residing in the jurisdiction of the agency is the victim of an economic
crime, the fact that the crime occurred or may have occurred outside
the jurisdiction of the agency may not be used as a basis to decline to
accept the report.
(b) Standard Police Report Form.--The Attorney General, in
consultation with the Federal Trade Commission, shall develop and make
available a standard form that may be used by a local law enforcement
agency in receiving a report that a person is the victim of an economic
crime.
(c) Duties of Attorney General.--The Attorney General shall
prescribe regulations to implement this section.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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