Safeguarding American PII Act
Latest action · Nov 10, 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.
- IntroducedNov 9, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safeguarding American Personal Information and Investment Act or the Safeguarding American PII Act
This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require national security reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment to take into account whether the merger, acquisition, or takeover could expose the personally identifiable information of U.S. persons in a manner that threatens national security.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 9, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Nov 9, 2017 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 9, 2017 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 9, 2017 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Nov 10, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
- Nov 9, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 9, 2017Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 183, November 9, 2017, page H8698.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require national security reviews carried out by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to take into account the potential effects of covered transactions on personally identifiable information.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Safeguarding American PII Act
- Safeguarding American Personal Information and Investment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 9, 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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
