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Union Calendar No. 522 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4294 

[Report No. 115–678, Part I] 

To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to provide a criminal penalty 

for unauthorized disclosures of certain individually identifiable information by officers or employees of a Federal department or agency. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 

Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee 

on the Judiciary, 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 

MAY 15, 2018 

Reported from the Committee on Financial Services 

MAY 15, 2018 

Referral to the Committee on the Judiciary extended for a period ending not 

later than May 18, 2018 

MAY 18, 2018 

The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to provide 

a criminal penalty for unauthorized disclosures of certain 

individually identifiable information by officers or employees of a Federal department or agency. 


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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 ‘‘Prevention of Private 

5 Information Dissemination Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED DISCLO7 SURES. 

8 Section 165 of the Financial Stability Act of 2010 

9 (12 U.S.C. 5365) is amended by adding at the end the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(l) CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED DIS12 CLOSURES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any officer or employee of 

14 a Federal department or agency, who by virtue of 

15 such officer or employee’s employment or official po16 sition, has possession of, or access to, agency records 

17 which contain individually identifiable information 

18 submitted pursuant to the requirements of this sec19 tion, the disclosure of which is prohibited by Federal 

20 statute, rule, or regulation, and who knowing that 

21 disclosure of the specific material is so prohibited, 

22 willfully discloses the material in any manner to any 

23 person or agency not entitled to receive it, shall be 

24 guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than 

25 $5,000. 


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1 ‘‘(2) OBTAINING RECORDS UNDER FALSE PRE2 TENSES.—Any person who knowingly and willfully 

3 requests or obtains information described under 

4 paragraph (1) from a Federal department or agency 

5 under false pretenses shall be guilty of a mis6 demeanor and fined not more than $5,000. 

7 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF DETERMINATIONS.—For 

8 purposes of this subsection, a determination made 

9 under subsection (d) or (i) based on individually 

10 identifiable information submitted pursuant to the 

11 requirements of this section shall be deemed individ12 ually identifiable information, the disclosure of which 

13 is prohibited by Federal statute.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 522 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4294 

[Report No. 115–678, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to 

partment or agency. mation by officers or employees of a Federal declosures of certain individually identifiable inforprovide a criminal penalty for unauthorized disMAY 18, 2018 

The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed 

the Union and ordered to be printed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 


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