I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7799 
To regulate the posting of personal information of government officials on 
the internet, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2022 
Mr. HILL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Over-
sight and Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To regulate the posting of personal information of 
government officials on the internet, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Servant Protec-
tion Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. PRIVACY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF GOVERN-
MENT OFFICIALS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘gov-
ernment official’’ means— 
(A) any officer or employee described in 
section 1114 of title 18 United States Code; 
and 
(B) any officer or employee of a State, a 
political subdivision of a State, or a Tribal gov-
ernment. 
(2) IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
MEMBER.—The term 
‘‘immediate family member’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 115 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(3) INTERACTIVE
COMPUTER
SERVICE.—The 
term ‘‘interactive computer service’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 230 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230). 
(4) PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘per-
sonal information’’ means— 
(A) a home address; or 
(B) a home phone number. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 
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of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession 
of the United States. 
(6) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Tribal 
government’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘In-
dian tribal government’’ in section 102 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 
(b) WRITTEN DEMAND TO PERSONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A government official may 
directly, or through an agent designated by the gov-
ernment official, make a written demand to a person 
to refrain from publicly displaying on the internet 
the personal information of the government official 
or an immediate family member of the government 
official. 
(2) EFFECT OF WRITTEN DEMAND.—If a gov-
ernment official makes a written demand to a person 
under paragraph (1), the person— 
(A) shall, not later than 48 hours after the 
receipt of the written demand, remove any per-
sonal information of the government official or 
an immediate family member of the government 
official displayed on the internet by the person; 
and 
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(B) during the 4-year period following the 
date of the receipt of the written demand, may 
not publicly display on the internet the personal 
information of the government official or an im-
mediate family member of the government offi-
cial. 
(c) WRITTEN DEMAND TO INTERACTIVE COMPUTER 
SERVICE PROVIDERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A government official may 
directly, or through an agent designated by the gov-
ernment official, make a written demand to the pro-
vider of an interactive computer service to remove 
the personal information of the government official 
or an immediate family member of the government 
official that is publicly displayed on the interactive 
computer service. 
(2) EFFECT OF WRITTEN DEMAND.—If a gov-
ernment official makes a written demand to the pro-
vider of an interactive computer service under para-
graph (1), the provider shall, not later than 48 
hours after the receipt of the written demand, re-
move from the interactive computer service any per-
sonal information of the government official or an 
immediate family member of the government official 
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that is publicly displayed on the interactive computer 
service. 
(d) CAUSE OF ACTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A government official who is 
aggrieved by a violation of subsection (b)(2) or 
(c)(2) may bring a civil action against the person or 
the provider of an interactive computer service, re-
spectively, that violated that subsection in an appro-
priate district court of the United States. 
(2) RELIEF.—In an action under paragraph 
(1), the court may award— 
(A) injunctive relief; 
(B) if injury or damage results from the 
violation of paragraph subsection (b)(2) or 
(c)(2), the greater of— 
(i) actual damages; or 
(ii) $1,000; and 
(C) reasonable costs and attorney’s fees. 
Æ 
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