PROTECT Act
Sponsored By: Representative Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced
Summary
Protecting the personal data of government personnel. This bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish guidance within one year and every four years on best practices for handling personally identifiable information and on actions officers, officials, employees, and contractors can take to protect their safety.
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- Government officers, officials, employees, and contractors would get guidance on how to limit exposure of personally identifiable information and on steps to improve personal safety.
- Federal, state, and local agencies and appropriate private sector entities would receive and be able to use best-practice guidance for handling that information.
- The guidance would cover any information that lets an individual’s identity be directly or indirectly inferred, including linked or linkable data, and it applies regardless of citizenship or visitor status.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Protecting personal data of public employees
This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to publish guidance on handling personal data of officers, officials, employees, and contractors. The guidance would be sent to federal, state, and local government agencies and to appropriate private sector entities. It would define personally identifiable information as any information that lets someone directly or indirectly identify a person, including linked or linkable data, and would apply regardless of citizenship or immigration status. DHS would have to issue the first guidance not later than one year after enactment and then update it every four years.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
AR • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
NC • R
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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