The record

LegislationLegislation· Oct 2026
HR 5345 Signed into law

Sponsored by David Kustoff (R)

Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act

Requires to assign a dedicated team to help victims of identity theft resolve account misuse quickly.

Tradeoff

Mandates create a specialized identity-theft response unit with trained staff to track cases to completion. No offsetting cost or revenue provision identified in the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the House by on December 1, 2025. The Senate passed it by on September 17, 2026, and it was signed into law on October 7, 2026.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Sep 15, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Ways and Means(Sep 15, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Ways and Means voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 39 - 1(Sep 17, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-360.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 1, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Finance(Dec 2, 2025)

  6. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 17, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  7. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Finance

    Discharged(Sep 17, 2026)

  8. House

    Sent to the President

    (Sep 29, 2026)

  9. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Donald Trump (R)

  10. Enacted

    Became law(Oct 7, 2026)