Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to eliminate the requirement in a prosecution for identity theft that the prosecution must prove that the defendant knew that the stolen identification documents belonged to another person.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2552 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2552

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to change the state of mind 
    requirement for certain identity theft offenses, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2011

  Mr. Goodlatte (for himself and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to change the state of mind 
    requirement for certain identity theft offenses, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Identity Theft Improvement Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. STATE OF MIND REQUIREMENT FOR IDENTITY THEFT AND AGGRAVATED 
              IDENTITY THEFT.

    Section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(j) State of Mind Proof Requirement.--In a prosecution under 
subsection (a)(7) or under section 1028A(a), the Government need not 
prove that the defendant knew the means of identification was of 
another person.''.
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