119-hr3810

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3810 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3810

 To require the Attorney General to report to Congress on Federal, 
 State, and local efforts to combat access device fraud, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 6, 2025

 Mr. Fong (for himself, Mr. Valadao, Mrs. Kim, and Mr. McDowell) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To require the Attorney General to report to Congress on Federal, 
 State, and local efforts to combat access device fraud, 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 ``Stopping Klepto-card and Identity 
Misuse Act'' or the ``SKIM Act''.

SEC. 2. SENTENCING GUIDELINES.

 Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
United States Sentencing Commission shall revise of the United States 
Sentencing Commission Guidelines Manual--

    (1) in 

section 2B1.1

    (b)

    (11) to provide that--
        (A) the baseline increase described in that 
 paragraph shall be an increase by 4 levels; and
        (B) if the resulting offense level is less than 
 level 14, the offense shall be increased to level 14; 
 and

    (2) in the notes related to the application of subsection

    (b) of 

section 2B1.1, that in a case involving 10 or more 
 counterfeit access devices or unauthorized access devices, loss 
 includes any unauthorized charges made with any such 
 counterfeit access device or unauthorized access device in any 
 amount.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Report to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the coordinated efforts of the 
Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice, along with 
State and local law enforcement agencies to prevent, investigate, 
prosecute, and sentence fraud offenses involving the use of access 
devices.

    (b) Contents.--The report under this section shall include the 
following:

    (1) An assessment of cooperative operations of Federal and 
 State law enforcement agencies to identify and prosecute fraud 
 involving the use of access devices under subsections

    (a)

    (1) ,

    (2) ,

    (3) ,

    (4) , and

    (8) , and

    (b)

    (2) of 

section 1029 of title 18, 
 United States Code.

    (2) An assessment of technologies and techniques used by 
 perpetrators of fraud using counterfeit access devices, which 
 may facilitate such fraud or prevent its detection by law 
 enforcement personnel.

    (3) For the one-year period preceding the report, the 
 number of requests for assistance that State or local law 
 enforcement agencies made to the Department of Justice or the 
 Department of Homeland Security related to fraud involving the 
 use of counterfeit access devices, including the number of such 
 requests for which the Department of Justice or the Department 
 of Homeland Security provided assistance, and the number of 
 such request for which neither agency provided assistance.

    (4) States and counties in which fraud involving the use of 
 counterfeit access devices remains unaddressed or of particular 
 concern to the Secretary and Attorney General.

    (5) Legislative recommendations for cooperation between 
 Federal and State law enforcement agencies to address such 
 fraud.

    (6) Recommendations on best practices for State and local 
 law enforcement agencies and business owners to combat such 
 fraud.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) The terms ``access device'' and ``counterfeit access 
 device'' have the meaning given such terms in 

section 1029 of 
 title 18, United States Code.

    (2) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
 means--
        (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
 Representatives;
        (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
            (C) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
 of Representatives; and
            (D) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
 Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
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