I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5202 
To require notification when personally identifying information is disclosed 
by a Government agency, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2014 
Mr. STOCKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require notification when personally identifying informa-
tion is disclosed by a Government agency, 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 ‘‘Personal Information 
Notification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL IN-
FORMATION BY AGENCIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that when per-
sonally identifying information is obtained through an 
agency by an entity outside of the Government without 
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the knowledge of the individual it pertains to, it may con-
stitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and 
such individual should be notified that the information was 
accessed in order to be afforded the opportunity to re-
spond. 
(b) OMB POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Not later 
than the first October 1 after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall establish and oversee policies and procedures 
that require an agency to send a written notification to 
any individual whose personally identifying information is 
accessed by a private entity, not later than 30 calendar 
days after the information was accessed. Such letter shall 
identify the information accessed and the name of the en-
tity who accessed the information. 
(c) CONTACT INFORMATION.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget— 
(1) may obtain the contact information used to 
notify an individual by letter described in subsection 
(b) from sources including a driver’s license and 
voter registration; and 
(2) may not obtain such contact information 
from the Internal Revenue Service or the National 
Security Agency. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) 
PERSONALLY
IDENTIFYING
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘‘personally identifying informa-
tion’’ means any information about an individual 
maintained by an agency that is not already public 
information, including, without limitation, education, 
financial transactions, medical history, and criminal 
or employment history, and information that can be 
used to distinguish or trace the identity of an indi-
vidual, such as a social security number, date and 
place of birth, mother’s maiden name, and biometric 
records. 
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