SKIM Act

[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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