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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3325 

To support research on privacy enhancing technologies and promote 

responsible data use, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2023 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mrs. FISCHER) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To support research on privacy enhancing technologies and 

promote responsible data use, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Digital Pri5 vacy Technologies Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROMOTING PRIVACY ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES. 

7 (a) DEFINITION OF PRIVACY ENHANCING TECH8 NOLOGY.—In this section the term ‘‘privacy enhancing 

9 technology’’ means any software or hardware solution, 

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1 tecting an individual’s privacy and the confidentiality of 

2 data, which may include— 

3 (1) de-identification, anonymization and 

4 pseudonymization technologies or techniques, fil5 tering tools, anti-tracking technology, differential 

6 privacy tools, synthetic data generation tools, cryp7 tographic techniques (such as secure multi-party 

8 computation and homomorphic encryption), and sys9 tems for federated learning; and 

10 (2) any other software or hardware solution, 

11 technical processes, or other technological means 

12 that the Director of the National Science Founda13 tion, in consultation with the Director of the Na14 tional Institute of Standards and Technology, deter15 mines to be a technology that enhances privacy. 

16 (b) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT OF

17 RESEARCH ON PRIVACY ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY.—The 

18 Director of the National Science Foundation, in consulta19 tion with other relevant Federal agencies (as determined 

20 by the Director), shall support merit-reviewed and com21 petitively awarded research on privacy enhancing tech22 nologies, which may include— 

23 (1) fundamental research on technologies for 

24 de-identification, pseudonymization, anonymization, 


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1 or obfuscation to protect individuals’ privacy in data 

2 sets; 

3 (2) fundamental research on algorithms, ma4 chine learning, and other computational processes or 

5 tools used to protect individual privacy when col6 lecting, storing, sharing, aggregating, or analyzing 

7 data; 

8 (3) fundamental research on technologies that 

9 promote data minimization principles in data collec10 tion, sharing, transfers, retention, and analytics; 

11 (4) research awards on privacy enhancing tech12 nologies coordinated with other relevant Federal 

13 agencies and programs; 

14 (5) research on barriers to, and opportunities 

15 for, the adoption of privacy enhancing technologies, 

16 including studies on effective business models for 

17 privacy enhancing technologies; and 

18 (6) international cooperative research, awards, 

19 challenges, and pilot projects on privacy enhancing 

20 technologies with key United States allies and part21 ners. 

22 (c) INTEGRATION INTO THE COMPUTER AND NET23 WORK SECURITY PROGRAM.—Subparagraph (D) of sec24 tion 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and DevelopVerDate Sep 11 2014 06:34 Nov 21, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3325.IS S3325

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1 ment Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)(D)) is amended to read 

2 as follows: 

3 ‘‘(D) privacy enhancing technologies and 

4 confidentiality;’’. 

5 (d) COORDINATION WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE

6 OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER STAKE7 HOLDERS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 

9 Science and Technology Policy, acting through the 

10 Networking and Information Technology Research 

11 and Development Program, shall coordinate with the 

12 Director of the National Science Foundation, the Di13 rector of the National Institute of Standards and 

14 Technology, and the Federal Trade Commission to 

15 accelerate the development and use of privacy en16 hancing technologies. 

17 (2) OUTREACH.—The Director of the National 

18 Institute of Standards and Technology shall conduct 

19 outreach to— 

20 (A) receive input from private, public, and 

21 academic stakeholders on the development and 

22 potential uses of privacy enhancing tech23 nologies; and 

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1 untary, consensus-based resources to increase 

2 the integration of privacy enhancing tech3 nologies in data collection, sharing, transfers, 

4 retention, and analytics by the public and pri5 vate sectors. 

6 (e) REPORT ON PRIVACY ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY

7 RESEARCH.—Not later than 3 years after the date of en8 actment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science 

9 and Technology Policy, acting through the Networking 

10 and Information Technology Research and Development 

11 Program, shall, in coordination with the Director of the 

12 National Science Foundation, the Director of the National 

13 Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Chair of 

14 the Federal Trade Commission, submit to the Committee 

15 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 

16 the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

17 House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy 

18 and Commerce of the House of Representatives, a report 

19 containing— 

20 (1) the progress of research on privacy enhanc21 ing technologies; 

22 (2) the progress of the development of vol23 untary resources described under subsection 

24 (d)(2)(B); and 


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1 (3) any policy recommendations that could fa2 cilitate and improve communication and coordination 

3 among the private sector, the National Science 

4 Foundation, and relevant Federal agencies through 

5 the implementation of privacy enhancing tech6 nologies. 

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