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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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2005 
Ms. HOOLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide for grants for regional task forces to more effec-
tively investigate and prosecute identity theft and other 
economic crimes. 
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 ‘‘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 sec-
tion, 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 cooper-
ate in investigating and prosecuting identity 
theft and other economic crimes; and 
(2) includes one or more representatives of fi-
nancial institutions. 
(d) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting recipients 
for, and in determining amounts of, grants under this sec-
tion, 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 eval-
uation, 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 rec-
ommends 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 ENFORCE-
MENT 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 ju-
risdiction of the agency is the victim of an economic crime, 
the fact that the crime occurred or may have occurred out-
side the jurisdiction of the agency may not be used as a 
basis to decline to accept the report. 
(b) STANDARD POLICE REPORT FORM.—The Attor-
ney General, in consultation with the Federal Trade Com-
mission, 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 eco-
nomic crime.
(c) DUTIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The Attorney 
General shall prescribe regulations to implement this sec-
tion. 
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