Protect Your PIN Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8]
Introduced
Summary
Expands local cybercrime grants to cover identity theft. The bill would add a definition of identity theft and explicitly include identity theft in the Violence Against Women Act local law enforcement grant program for cybercrimes against individuals.
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- Victims and families: Victims of identity theft may see more local resources for investigations and victim services because identity theft cases would qualify for existing grant support.
- State, tribal, and local law enforcement: Agencies could use the same grant program to investigate and prosecute identity theft, broadening the program's focus without adding new funding.
- Program clarity: The bill defines identity theft as knowingly using another person's means of identification without lawful authority, which clarifies which offenses the grants can cover.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Police grants could fight identity theft
The bill would add identity theft to a federal grant program for cybercrimes against individuals. State, Tribal, and local police could use these grants to investigate identity theft cases. It would define identity theft as knowingly using, transferring, or holding someone else’s ID without legal authority. It would not add new funding by itself. It would take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Rutherford
FL • R
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Buchanan
FL • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Bresnahan
PA • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Roll Call Votes
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