Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act
Latest action · Oct 6, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
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.
- IntroducedOct 2, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to require certain organizations to (1) establish information security practices for the treatment and protection of personal information, and (2) provide specified notice in the case of a security breach involving such information.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 2, 2017 to Apr 13, 2018, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Oct 2, 2017 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Oct 2, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Oct 2, 2017 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Oct 2, 2017 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Oct 2, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Oct 2, 2017 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Oct 2, 2017 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Oct 2, 2017 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Oct 2, 2017 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 13, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 6, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
- Oct 2, 2017Introduced in House
- Oct 2, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5388 | Data Accountability and Trust Act | Related bill | Mar 23, 2018 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Business records
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Consumer affairs
- Consumer credit
- Federal preemption
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Marketing and advertising
- Right of privacy
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2017Introduced 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.