S 4981 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act

Introduced Dec 8, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 8, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 8, 2020
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act

This bill directs the National Science Foundation to support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on privacy enhancing technologies. The award of grants for basic research on innovative approaches to the structure of computer and network hardware and software that are aimed at enhancing computer security may include privacy enhancing technologies and confidentiality. The bill also requires the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program to submit to Congress a report on the progress of research on privacy enhancing technologies and the development of specified voluntary resources.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 8, 2020.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEDeb FischerOriginalDec 8, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 8, 2020Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 8, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 8, 2020Introduced in Senate

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