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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. 
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. MAG-
AZINER, 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. SCHNEI-
DER, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. WILSON of South Caro-
lina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Doxing Threat Assess-
ment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. THREAT ASSESSMENT ON CYBER HARASSMENT AND 
ITS USE BY TERRORISTS AND FOREIGN MALI-
CIOUS ACTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Intel-
ligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity 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 devel-
oped pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(1) shall be developed in coordination with the 
Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Lib-
erties of the Department of Homeland Security; and 
(2) may be informed by existing products, as 
appropriate. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The threat assessment devel-
oped 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 harass-
ment by terrorists and foreign malign actors; 
(3) a review of the threat posed by cyber har-
assment, including tactics, techniques, and proce-
dures not currently identified as in use by terrorists 
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and foreign malign actors, but representing a vulner-
ability based on the common practices of such ac-
tors, as well as a summary of the terrorist and for-
eign 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 assess-
ment to Congressional committees of jurisdiction; 
and 
(2) consistent with the protection of classified 
and confidential unclassified information— 
(A) disseminate the threat assessment de-
veloped under this section with State, local, and 
Tribal law enforcement officials, including offi-
cials who operate within State, local, and re-
gional fusion centers through the Department 
of Homeland Security State, Local, and Re-
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gional 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 Con-
gress. 
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 infor-
mation of another individual, without the individ-
ual’s consent and with the intent to— 
(A) threaten, intimidate, harass, or stalk 
any person; 
(B) facilitate another to threaten, intimi-
date, 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. 
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(3) 
PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable informa-
tion’’ 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 bio-
metric data; 
(B) any information that is linked or 
linkable to an individual, such as medical, fi-
nancial, education, consumer, or employment 
information, data, or records; or 
(C) any other sensitive private information 
that is linked or linkable to a specific identifi-
able individual, such as gender identity, sexual 
orientation, or any sexually intimate visual de-
piction. 
(4) TERRORISTS.—The term ‘‘terrorists’’ refers 
to— 
(A) any designated Foreign Terrorist Or-
ganization (FTO); 
(B) any group or actor supporting activi-
ties that may be covered by section 2331(5) of 
title 18, United States Code; and 
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