Personal Financial Information Protection Act
Latest action · Jan 27, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 12, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Personal Financial Information Protection Act - Makes it unlawful for any officer or employee of the federal government to: (1) willfully make an unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable covered information, or (2) conspire to make such an unauthorized disclosure. Defines "personally identifiable covered information" as any information contained in a financial record if such information includes the name, social security number, street address, telephone number, or electronic mail address of, or other personally identifiable information concerning, a consumer.
Makes any person who violates this Act or who willfully aids, abets, counsels, induces, or procures such a violation liable to any person whose personally identifiable covered information has been disclosed.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2014 to Jan 15, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Jan 13, 2014 | |
| R-MI | Kerry L. Bentivolio | Jan 13, 2014 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Jan 13, 2014 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Jan 14, 2014 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Jan 14, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Jan 15, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Jan 15, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jan 15, 2014 | |
| D-AZ | Ron Barber | Jan 15, 2014 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Jan 15, 2014 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Jan 15, 2014 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Jan 15, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Jan 27, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Dec 12, 2013Introduced in House
- Dec 12, 2013Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3762 | Personal Tax Information Protection Act | Related bill | Jan 27, 2014 |
| HR 3763 | Personal Health Information Protection Act | Related bill | Jan 27, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Civil actions and liability
- Federal officials
- Financial services and investments
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Legal fees and court costs
- Right of privacy
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.