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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5594

Introduced

Protect Your PIN Act of 2025

Sponsor
DKristen McDonald Rivet· Michigan
Introduced
September 26, 2025
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.September 26, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5594 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5594

To amend the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 to 
include identity theft in the grant program related to local law 
enforcement grants for enforcement of cybercrimes, and for other 
purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 26, 2025

Ms. McDonald Rivet (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Riley of New 
York, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Rutherford) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 to 
include identity theft in the grant program related to local law 
enforcement grants for enforcement of cybercrimes, 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 ``Protect Your PIN Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CYBERCRIMES AND 
IDENTITY THEFT.

Section 1401 of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act 
of 2022 (34 U.S.C. 30107) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
(4); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Identity theft.--The term `identity theft' means a 
criminal offense applicable in the area under the jurisdiction 
of the relevant State, Indian Tribe, or unit of local 
government that involves knowingly transferring, possessing, or 
using, without lawful authority, a means of identification of 
another person.''; and
(2) in subsections (b) through (d), by inserting ``or 
identity theft'' after ``cybercrimes against individuals'' each 
place such term appears.
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