Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act
Latest action · Feb 9, 2024 Became Public Law No: 118-39.
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.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2023
- Passed HouseJan 18, 2024
- Passed SenateJan 31, 2024
- To the PresidentFeb 8, 2024
- Became lawFeb 9, 2024Public Law 118-39
Summary
Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act
This act revises requirements regarding the public disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in the manifest of vessels or aircraft entering a U.S. port or place. Specifically, the act directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to remove such information, including Social Security numbers and passport numbers, from a manifest signed and transmitted to CBP before it is accessible by the public.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 10, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Mar 10, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 10, 2023Markup Nov 2, 2023Reported Dec 1, 2023 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2024Signed by President.
- Feb 9, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-39.
- Feb 8, 2024Presented to President.
- Feb 1, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jan 31, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S322)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S322 | Jeff Merkley D-OR, Steve Daines R-MT | Jan 31, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H229 | — | Jan 18, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H137–H139Text printed H137 | Adrian Smith R-NE, Bill Pascrell, Jr. D-NJ, Michael Waltz R-FL | Jan 16, 2024 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 15, 2023H.R. 1568, Moving Americans Privacy Protection ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 2, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 46, March 10, 2023, page H1281.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MEMBER DAY231 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Sep 14, 2023 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48531 | Work Requirements: Existing Policies in Medicaid, SNAP, Housing Assistance, and TANF Archived | Report | Jun 25, 2025 |
| R48280 | Solar Photovoltaics (PV): Status and Issues for Congress | Report | Nov 22, 2024 |
| IN11946 | Circumvention Inquiry into Solar Imports Archived | Insight | Aug 24, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 758 | Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act | Identical bill | Mar 14, 2023 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect personally identifiable information, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Jan 22, 2024Received in Senate
- Jan 18, 2024Engrossed in House
- Dec 1, 2023Reported in House
- Mar 10, 2023Introduced 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.
