[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6322 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6322

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct outreach to 
  veterans regarding identity theft resources, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2021

 Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Lamborn, and Mr. Gaetz) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct outreach to 
  veterans regarding identity theft resources, 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 ``VA Safe Holidays Act''.

SEC. 2. OUTREACH TO VETERANS REGARDING IDENTITY THEFT RESOURCES.

    (a) Requirement.--Subchapter III of chapter 57 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section 
(and conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
accordingly):
``Sec. 5729. Outreach to veterans regarding identity theft resources
    ``Every year during the 10-week period beginning November 1, the 
Secretary shall conduct outreach to veterans to--
            ``(1) promote the Veteran Identity Theft Helpline of the 
        Department (or successor resource); and
            ``(2) identify other identity theft resources available to 
        veterans and beneficiaries of programs administered by the 
        Secretary, including with respect to actions made by the 
        Secretary to protect the identities of veterans and 
        beneficiaries.''.
    (b) Plan.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress 
a plan detailing the efforts of the Secretary to promote identity theft 
awareness and to assist veterans and beneficiaries of programs 
administered by the Secretary who experience identity theft.
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