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House vote: H.R. 5192 // April 17, 2018

Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act

Sponsor: Carlos Curbelo (R-FL)

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to develop a database to facilitate the verification of consumer information upon request by a certified financial institution. Such verification shall be provided only with the consumer's consent and in connection with a credit transaction. Users of the database shall pay system costs as determined by the SSA.

Commerce Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

420 votes, representing 244,673,221 people96.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

1 vote, representing 577,207 people0.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.2% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon42096.6%
NayLost10.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.2%