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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8962 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the publication of personal 
information of public servants on the internet, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 
Mr. GOHMERT (for himself and Mrs. MILLER of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the publi-
cation of personal information of public servants 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 Anti- 
Intimidation Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISCLOSING PERSONAL INFOR-
MATION 
OF 
PUBLIC 
SERVANTS 
ON 
THE 
INTERNET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 93 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 1925. Publication of personal information of public 
servants 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign com-
merce, knowingly publishes on the Internet or otherwise 
makes publicly available, the personal information of a 
public servant or the immediate family member of a public 
servant, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not 
more than one year, or both. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 
with respect to personal information— 
‘‘(1) published on the Internet or otherwise 
made publicly available before an individual became 
a public servant; or 
‘‘(2) published on the Internet or otherwise 
made publicly available with the consent of the pub-
lic servant or the immediate family member of a 
public servant. 
‘‘(c) CIVIL ACTION.—A public servant or immediate 
family member of a public servant who is a victim of an 
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offense under subsection (a) may bring a civil action in 
an appropriate United States district court for equitable 
relief, damages in an amount that is presumed to be not 
less than $10,000, and attorney’s fees. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 230 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230) does not 
apply to a provider of any type of interactive computer 
service with respect to liability under this section. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘public servant’ means— 
‘‘(A) an officer or employee of the Execu-
tive, Legislative, or Judicial branch of the Fed-
eral Government; 
‘‘(B) the President; and 
‘‘(C) a Member of Congress (as such term 
is defined in section 2106 of title 5). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘personal information’ means a 
person’s home address, home phone number, per-
sonal cell phone number, Social Security Number, or 
other personal identification number. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘interactive computer service’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 230(f) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
230(f)). 
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‘‘(4) The term ‘immediate family member’ 
means a spouse, child, parent, or sibling.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 93 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘1925. Publication of personal information of public servants.’’. 
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