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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5661 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized removal 
or use of personal information contained in a database owned, operated, 
or maintained by the Federal Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2006 
Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unau-
thorized removal or use of personal information con-
tained in a database owned, operated, or maintained 
by the Federal Government. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Data Theft Prevention 
Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. FEDERAL DATABASES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 101 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 2077. Means of identification and individually 
identifiable health information in Federal 
databases 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL DATABASE.—The term ‘Federal 
database’ means any electronic database owned, op-
erated, or maintained by or for the Federal Govern-
ment. 
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE HEALTH IN-
FORMATION.—The term ‘individually identifiable 
health information’ has the meaning given the term 
in the regulations issued under section 264(c) of the 
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 note). 
‘‘(3) MEANS
OF
IDENTIFICATION.—The term 
‘means of identification’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 1028 of this title. 
‘‘(b) UNAUTHORIZED USE.—It shall be unlawful for 
any person knowingly and without authorization— 
‘‘(1) to view, use, download, or remove any 
means of identification or individually identifiable 
health information that is in a Federal database; or 
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‘‘(2) to transfer such means of identification or 
individually identifiable health information to, or 
store such means of identification or individually 
identifiable health information in, any computer, 
network, database, or other format used to store in-
formation that is not a Federal database. 
‘‘(c) USE FOR CRIMINAL PURPOSES.—It shall be un-
lawful for any person to use a means of identification or 
individually identifiable health information obtained di-
rectly or indirectly from a Federal database in furtherance 
of a violation of any Federal or State criminal law. 
‘‘(d) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 
(b) or (c) shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than 1 year, or both.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 101 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 2076 the following new item: 
‘‘2077. Means of identification and individually identifiable health information 
in Federal databases.’’. 
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