Doxing Threat Assessment Act

Subjects: Emergency Management, Science, Technology, Communications


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3547 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3547

     To require the Department of Homeland Security to develop and 
disseminate a threat assessment regarding the use of cyber harassment, 
 including doxing, by terrorists and foreign malicious actors, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2023

Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Goldman of New York, 
   Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. 
Moskowitz, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Nickel, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Mr. Ryan, Mr. 
  Schiff, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. 
Wild, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Balint, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Menendez, 
Ms. Manning, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. McCaul, and Mr. Wilson 
of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Department of Homeland Security to develop and 
disseminate a threat assessment regarding the use of cyber harassment, 
 including doxing, by terrorists and foreign malicious actors, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Doxing Threat Assessment Act''.

SEC. 2. THREAT ASSESSMENT ON CYBER HARASSMENT AND ITS USE BY TERRORISTS 
              AND FOREIGN MALICIOUS ACTORS.

    (a) In General.--The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis 
of the Department of Homeland Security shall develop and disseminate a 
threat assessment regarding the use of cyber harassment, including 
doxing, by terrorists and foreign malicious actors.
    (b) Coordination.--The threat assessment developed pursuant to 
subsection (a)--
            (1) shall be developed in coordination with the Privacy 
        Office of the Department of Homeland Security and the Office 
        for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of 
        Homeland Security; and
            (2) may be informed by existing products, as appropriate.
    (c) Requirements.--The threat assessment developed pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) an overview of cyber harassment tactics, techniques, 
        and procedures used by terrorists and foreign malign actors;
            (2) a list of notable incidents of cyber harassment by 
        terrorists and foreign malign actors;
            (3) a review of the threat posed by cyber harassment, 
        including tactics, techniques, and procedures not currently 
        identified as in use by terrorists and foreign malign actors, 
        but representing a vulnerability based on the common practices 
        of such actors, as well as a summary of the terrorist and 
        foreign malign actors most likely to adapt to use of such 
        tactics, techniques, and procedures; and
            (4) an overview of cyber harassment typologies and 
        methodologies that may inform risk indicators of relevance to 
        State, local, Tribal, and Federal law enforcement in 
        identifying cyber harassment that may be indicative of 
        terrorist or foreign malign actor involvement.
    (d) Dissemination and Publication.--The Under Secretary shall--
            (1) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, submit the threat assessment to Congressional 
        committees of jurisdiction; and
            (2) consistent with the protection of classified and 
        confidential unclassified information--
                    (A) disseminate the threat assessment developed 
                under this section with State, local, and Tribal law 
                enforcement officials, including officials who operate 
                within State, local, and regional fusion centers 
                through the Department of Homeland Security State, 
                Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative 
                established in accordance with section 210A of the 
                Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h).
                    (B) ensure a version of the assessment is published 
                on the Department's website no later than 30 days 
                following dissemination to Congress.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) Cyber harassment.--The term ``cyber harassment'' means 
        electronic communication that harasses, torments, threatens, or 
        terrorizes a target.
            (2) Doxing.--The term ``doxing'' means to knowingly publish 
        the personally identifiable information of another individual, 
        without the individual's consent and with the intent to--
                    (A) threaten, intimidate, harass, or stalk any 
                person;
                    (B) facilitate another to threaten, intimidate, 
                harass, or stalk any person;
                    (C) incite or facilitate the commission of a crime 
                of violence against any person; or
                    (D) place any person in reasonable fear of death or 
                serious bodily injury.
            (3) Personally identifiable information.--The term 
        ``personally identifiable information'' means--
                    (A) any information that can be used to distinguish 
                or trace an individual's identity, such as name, prior 
                legal name, alias, mother's maiden name, social 
                security number, date or place of birth, address, phone 
                number, or biometric data;
                    (B) any information that is linked or linkable to 
                an individual, such as medical, financial, education, 
                consumer, or employment information, data, or records; 
                or
                    (C) any other sensitive private information that is 
                linked or linkable to a specific identifiable 
                individual, such as gender identity, sexual 
                orientation, or any sexually intimate visual depiction.
            (4) Terrorists.--The term ``terrorists'' refers to--
                    (A) any designated Foreign Terrorist Organization 
                (FTO);
                    (B) any group or actor supporting activities that 
                may be covered by section 2331(5) of title 18, United 
                States Code; and
                    (C) any group or actor investigated by the 
                intelligence community pursuant to the intelligence 
                review represented by ``Domestic Violent Extremism 
                Poses Heightened Threat in 2021'', 01 March 2021.
            (5) Foreign malign actor.--The term ``foreign malign 
        actor'' refers to any foreign adversary entities covered by 
        section 5322(e)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
        for Fiscal Year 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3059(e)(2)).

SEC. 4. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

    For purposes of construing this Act and amendments made by this 
Act, the following shall apply:
            (1) Authorities.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
        confer any authority, including law enforcement authority, 
        beyond that which is authorized under existing law.
            (2) Constitutional protections.--Nothing in this Act shall 
        be construed to prohibit any constitutionally protected speech, 
        expressive conduct or activities (regardless of whether 
        compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief), 
        including the exercise of religion protected by the First 
        Amendment and peaceful picketing or demonstration. The 
        Constitution does not protect speech, conduct, or activities 
        consisting of planning for, conspiring to commit, or committing 
        an act of violence.
            (3) Privacy.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
        preempt or conflict with existing Federal privacy laws, except 
        in circumstances listed herein.
            (4) Free expression.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
        construed to allow prosecution based solely upon an 
        individual's expression of racial, religious, political, or 
        other beliefs or solely upon an individual's membership in a 
        group advocating or espousing such beliefs.
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