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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3133 

To establish a National Secure Data Service, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2021 

Mr. BEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To establish a National Secure Data Service, 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 ‘‘National Secure Data 

5 Service Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL SECURE DATA SERVICE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consultation with 

8 the Chief Statistician of the United States, shall establish 

9 a demonstration project to develop, refine and test models 

10 to inform the full implementation of the Commission on 

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1 ernment-wide data linkage and access infrastructure for 

2 statistical activities conducted for statistical purposes, as 

3 defined in chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code. 

4 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall estab6 lish a National Secure Data Service demonstration 

7 project. The National Secure Data Service demonstration 

8 project shall be— 

9 (1) aligned with the principles, best practices, 

10 and priority actions recommended by the Advisory 

11 Committee on Data for Evidence Building, to the ex12 tent feasible; and 

13 (2) operated directly by or via a contract that 

14 is managed by the National Center for Science and 

15 Engineering Statistics. 

16 (c) DATA.—In carrying out this subsection, the Di17 rector shall engage with State and federal agencies to col18 lect, acquire, analyze, report, and disseminate statistical 

19 data in the United States and other nations to support 

20 governmentwide evidence-building activities consistent 

21 with the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking 

22 Act of 2018. 

23 (d) PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY PROTEC24 TIONS.—If the Director issues a management contract 

25 under subsection (b), the awardee shall be designated as 


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1 an ‘‘agent’’ under chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

2 Code Subchapter III, section 3561 et seq., with all re3 quirements and obligations for protecting confidential in4 formation delineated in the Confidential Information Pro5 tection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018 and the Pri6 vacy Act of 1974. 

7 (e) TECHNOLOGY.—In carrying out this subsection, 

8 the Director shall consider application and use of systems 

9 and technologies that incorporate protection measures to 

10 reasonably ensure confidential data and statistical prod11 ucts are protected in accordance with obligations under 

12 chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, subchapter III, 

13 section 3561 et seq., including systems and technologies 

14 that ensure raw data and other sensitive inputs are not 

15 accessible to recipients of statistical outputs from the Na16 tional Secure Data Service demonstration project. 

17 (f) TRANSPARENCY.—The National Secure Data 

18 Service established under subsection (b) shall maintain a 

19 public website with up-to-date information on supported 

20 projects. 

21 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

22 of enactment of this Act, the National Secure Data Serv23 ice demonstration project established under subsection (b) 

24 shall submit a report to Congress that includes— 


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1 (1) a description of policies for protecting data, 

2 consistent with applicable Federal law; 

3 (2) a comprehensive description of all completed 

4 or active data linkage activities and projects; 

5 (3) an assessment of the effectiveness of the 

6 demonstration project for mitigating risks and re7 moving barriers to a sustained implementation of 

8 the National Secure Data Service as recommended 

9 by the Commission on Evidence-Based Policy10 making; and 

11 (4) if deemed effective by the Director, a plan 

12 for scaling up the demonstration project to facilitate 

13 data access for evidence building while ensuring 

14 transparency and privacy. 

15 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry 

17 out this subsection $56,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

18 2022 through 2026. 

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