# 117-hr-7799: Public Servant Protection Act of 2022

117-hr-7799, Public Servant Protection Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] (R-AR); status Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7799
- Congress: 117
- Title: Public Servant Protection Act of 2022
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- Introduced: 2022-05-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Public Servant Protection Act of 2022 This bill allows government officials to demand that persons and interactive computer service providers (e.g., social media companies) remove certain forms of their personal information from the internet. Specifically, a federal, state, territorial, tribal, or local government official may make a demand in writing for the removal of the official's (or an immediate family member's) home address or home phone number that is publicly displayed online. Within 48 hours of receiving a demand, a person displaying the address or phone number online must remove it and may not publicly display a removed address or phone number online during the 4-year period following receipt of the demand. A provider must also remove within 48 hours of receiving a demand the address or phone number publicly displayed through its service. Officials may sue a person or provider for failing to remove an applicable address or phone number. Courts may award to an aggrieved official injunctive relief, the greater of actual damages or $1,000, and reasonable costs and attorney's fees.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ), 2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7799 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7799)

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- [117-hr-3537: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3537)
- [117-hr-5142: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5142)
- [117-hres-1020: Condemning the Biden administration's plans for seeking to remove sanctions on…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-1020)
- [117-hres-1005: Honoring the life and legacy of the late Congressman Don Young of Alaska.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-1005)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7799 (as of 2025-11-18).