# 119-hr-7136: Special Operator Protection Act of 2026

119-hr-7136, Special Operator Protection Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7136
- Congress: 119
- Title: Special Operator Protection Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-01-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Criminalizes doxing of special operations personnel and their families.** This bill would make it a federal crime to publish specified "restricted personal information" about covered persons with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate violence. - Special operations members, Department of Defense employees designated by the Secretary of Defense who do sensitive activities, and federal law enforcement attached to them would be covered. Immediate family members are also included and the bill lists protected items like a name tied to a workplace, images of a face or home linked to the job, contact details, and biometric data. - Making that restricted information publicly available with intent to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate a crime of violence would trigger criminal liability. - Penalties would include a fine and up to 5 years in prison. If death or serious bodily injury results the punishment can be any term of years or life.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2026-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban on publishing special operators' personal data: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would make it a federal crime to publicly post certain personal information about covered special operations personnel or their immediate family. Covered persons would include members of special operations forces, Defense Department staff or service members the Secretary of Def…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-7136 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7136)

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- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-1656: PLUS for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1656)
- [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7136 (as of 2026-04-21).