,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bfca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #ag1  
#bjai ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for      
himself1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 
,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 and ,mrs4    
,blackburn7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1
 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend the ,fair ,credit ,reporting ,act 
to accurately report identity theft     
transactions in the credit histories of 
criminal defendants4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,identity
 ,theft ,victims ,protection ,act of    
#bjai4  #b4 ,accurate reporting of      
credit history information related to   
identity theft  7a7 ,in general ,the    
,fair ,credit ,reporting ,act 7#ae      
,u4,s4,c4 #afha et seq47 is amended by  
inserting after section #fje;,b 7#ae    
,u4,s4,c4 #afha;c-#b7 the following3    
#fje;,c4 ,accurate reporting of credit  
history information related to identity 

theft  7a7 ,purpose ,the purpose of this
 section is-- 7#a7 to prevent           
information that is the result of       
identity theft from appearing in the    
credit history of a victim consumer2 and
  7#b7 to accurately report the         
information in the credit history of the
 confirmed perpetrator of identity theft
 following a finding of guilt for a     
violation of section #ajbh7;a77#g7 or   
#ajbh;,a7a7 of title #ah1 ,united       
,states ,code4  7b7 ,transfer of        
,identity theft credit information ,upon
 direct request of a victim consumer1 or
 an individual acting on behalf of or as
 a personal representative of a victim  
consumer1 a consumer reporting agency   
described in section #fjc7p7 that       
maintains a file on the consumer and has
 received appropriate proof of an act or
 acts of identity theft1 as described in
 subsection 7c71 shall--  7#a7 remove   
any information in the file of a victim 
consumer confirmed to be the result of  
identity theft2 and  7#b7 add the       

removed information to the file of the  
defendant found guilty of the identity  
theft4  7c7 ,information necessary to   
effect transfer ,the direct request of a
 victim consumer1 or an individual      
acting on behalf of or as a personal    
representative of a victim consumer     
under subsection 7b71 shall include the 
following information3  7#a7 ,a         
certified copy of the indictment1       
information1 or charging instrument     
filed in a court of competent           
jurisdiction alleging #a or more acts of
 identity theft1 in violation of section
 #ajbh or #ajbh;,a7a7 of title #ah1     
,united ,states ,code1 by a named       
defendant against a named victim        
consumer4  7#b7 ,appropriate proof of   
the identity of the defendant4  7#c7    
,appropriate proof of the identity of   
the victim consumer4  7#d7 ,a certified 
copy of the judgment entered by a court 
of competent jurisdiction declaring the 
defendant guilty of #a or more acts of  
identity theft or aggravated identity   

theft1 as alleged in the indictment1    
information1 or charging instrument1    
against the victim consumer4  7#e7      
,identification by the victim consumer  
of the information related to the       
confirmed act or acts of identity theft 
or aggravated identity theft by the     
defendant4  7#f7 ,a statement by the    
victim consumer that the information is 
not information relating to any         
transaction by the consumer4  7d7       
,authority ,to request additional       
information ,a consumer reporting agency
 may request additional information from
 the individual or entity submitting    
information under subsection 7b7 if such
 additional information is necessary to 
confirm--  7#a7 the identity of the     
victim consumer or the defendant2  7#b7 
the authenticity of any court document2 
or  7#c7 the information in the file of 
the victim consumer requested to be     
removed4  7e7 ,notification to          
furnishers of information ,a consumer   
reporting agency shall promptly notify  

the furnisher of information identified 
by the victim consumer under subsection 
7b7--  7#a7 that the information is the 
result of a judicially confirmed act of 
identity theft by the named defendant2  
7#b7 that the information identified as 
the result of identity theft has been   
removed from the file of the victim     
consumer1 and the information has been  
added to the file of the defendant2 and 
7#c7 the effective date of the addition 
of the information to the file of the   
defendant4  7f7 ,notification to        
consumer reporting agencies ,a consumer 
reporting agency described in section   
#fjc7p7 that maintains a file on the    
consumer and has received the materials 
and information described in subsection 
7c7 shall refer such information to each
 of the other consumer reporting        
agencies described in subsection        
#fjc7p71 in accordance with procedures  
developed under section #fba7;f74  7g7  
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
victim consumer has the meaning given   

the term victim in section #fji7;e74  4 
7b7 ,technical and conforming amendment 
,the table of contents for the ,fair    
,credit ,reporting ,act is amended by   
inserting after the item relating to    
section #fje;,b the following3  #fje;,c4
 ,accurate reporting of credit history  
information related to identity theft4  
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