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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5467 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish criminal penalties for 

the unauthorized disclosure of records containing personal information 

about veterans. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2006 

Mrs. DRAKE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish criminal 

penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of records containing personal information about veterans. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Identity Se5 curity Act of 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED DIS2 CLOSURE OF RECORDS ABOUT VETERANS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 57 of title 38, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5705 

5 the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 5706. Unauthorized disclosure of records con7 taining personal information about vet8 erans 

9 ‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—(1) Any person described in sub10 section (b) who other than as authorized by section 5901 

11 of this title or as otherwise authorized by law knowingly 

12 discloses, or causes the disclosure of, records specified in 

13 subsection (c) with intent to sell, transfer, or use personal 

14 information contained in the disclosed records for commer15 cial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm shall be 

16 fined as provided in title 18, imprisoned not more than 

17 10 years, or both. 

18 ‘‘(2) Any person described in subsection (b) who 

19 other than as authorized by section 5901 of this title or 

20 as otherwise authorized by law knowingly discloses, or 

21 causes the disclosure of, records specified in subsection (c) 

22 in a case not covered by paragraph (1) shall be fined as 

23 provided in title 18, imprisoned not more than one year, 

24 or both. 

25 ‘‘(b) COVERED PERSONS.—A person described in this 

26 subsection is any of the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) An officer or employee of the Department. 

2 ‘‘(2) A contractor or employee of a contractor 

3 of the Department. 

4 ‘‘(3) A volunteer of the Department. 

5 ‘‘(c) SPECIFIED RECORDS.—Records specified in this 

6 subsection are records of the Department that are covered 

7 by section 5701(a) of this title and that contain personal 

8 information about a veteran or any other person receiving 

9 benefits, or applying for benefits, under laws administered 

10 by the Secretary. 

11 ‘‘(d) PERSONAL INFORMATION DEFINED.—In this 

12 section, the term ‘personal information’ means one or 

13 more of the following: name, date of birth, address, phone 

14 number, Social Security number, and (if applicable) dis15 ability rating.’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

17 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

18 after the item relating to section 5705 the following new 

19 item: 

‘‘5706. Unauthorized disclosure of records containing personal information 

about veterans.’’. 

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