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Union Calendar No. 170 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4755 
[Report No. 118–210] 
To support research on privacy enhancing technologies and promote 
responsible data use, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2023 
Ms. STEVENS (for herself and Mr. KEAN of New Jersey) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 19, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To support research on privacy enhancing technologies and 
promote responsible data use, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Privacy Enhancing 
Technology Research Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRIVACY ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT OF RE-
SEARCH ON PRIVACY ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY.—The Di-
rector of the National Science Foundation, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies (as deter-
mined by the Director), shall support merit-reviewed and 
competitively awarded research on privacy enhancing tech-
nologies, which may include the following: 
(1) Fundamental research on technologies for de- 
identification, pseudonymization, anonymization, or 
obfuscation to mitigate individuals’ privacy risks in 
data sets while maintaining fairness, accuracy, and 
efficiency. 
(2) Fundamental research on algorithms and 
other similar mathematical tools used to protect indi-
vidual privacy when collecting, storing, sharing, ana-
lyzing, or aggregating data. 
(3) Fundamental research on technologies that 
promote data minimization in data collection, shar-
ing, and analytics that takes into account the trade- 
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offs between the data minimization goals and the in-
formational goals of data collection. 
(4) Research awards on privacy enhancing tech-
nologies coordinated with other relevant Federal agen-
cies and programs. 
(5) Supporting education and workforce training 
research and development activities, including re- 
training and upskilling of the existing workforce, to 
increase the number of privacy enhancing technology 
researchers and practitioners. 
(6) Multidisciplinary socio-technical research 
that fosters broader understanding of privacy pref-
erences, requirements, and human behavior to inform 
the design and adoption of effective privacy solutions. 
(7) Development of freely available privacy en-
hancing technology software libraries, platforms, and 
applications. 
(8) Fundamental research on techniques that 
may undermine the protections provided by privacy 
enhancing technologies, the limitations of such protec-
tions, and the trade-offs between privacy and utility 
required for the deployment of such technologies. 
(9) Fundamental research on technologies and 
techniques to preserve the privacy and confidentiality 
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of individuals from unconsented, unwanted, or unau-
thorized location tracking, including through GPS. 
(b) INTEGRATION INTO THE COMPUTER AND NETWORK 
SECURITY
PROGRAM.—Subparagraph 
(D) 
of 
section 
4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and Development 
Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
including privacy enhancing technologies’’ before the semi-
colon. 
(c) COORDINATION WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE 
OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER STAKE-
HOLDERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, acting through the 
Networking and Information Technology Research 
and Development Program, shall coordinate with the 
Director of the National Science Foundation, the Di-
rector of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, the Federal Trade Commission, and the 
heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, to ac-
celerate the development, deployment, and adoption of 
privacy enhancing technologies. 
(2) OUTREACH.—The Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology shall conduct 
outreach to— 
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(A) receive input from private, public, and 
academic stakeholders on the development of pri-
vacy enhancing technologies; and 
(B) facilitate and support ongoing public 
and private sector engagement to inform the de-
velopment and dissemination of voluntary, con-
sensus-based technical standards, guidelines, 
methodologies, procedures, and processes to cost- 
effectively increase the integration of privacy en-
hancing technologies in data collection, sharing, 
and analytics performed by the public and pri-
vate sectors. 
(d) REPORT ON PRIVACY ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY 
RESEARCH.—Not later than three years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, acting through the Net-
working and Information Technology Research and Devel-
opment Program, shall, in coordination with the Director 
of the National Science Foundation, the Director of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, and the heads 
of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, submit to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, the Committee on Science, Space, 
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and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the 
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives, a report containing information relat-
ing to the following: 
(1) The progress of research on privacy enhanc-
ing technologies. 
(2) The progress of the development of voluntary 
resources described under subsection (c)(2)(B). 
(3) Any policy recommendations that could fa-
cilitate and improve communication and coordina-
tion between the private sector and relevant Federal 
agencies for the implementation and adoption of pri-
vacy enhancing technologies. 
(e) PROTECTING PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMA-
TION.—Any personal identifying information collected or 
stored through the activities authorized under this section 
shall be done in accordance with part 690 of title 45, Code 
of Federal Regulations (relating to the protection of human 
subjects), or any successor regulation. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘privacy 
enhancing technology’’— 
(1) means any software or hardware solution, 
technical process, or other technological means of 
mitigating individuals’ privacy risks arising from 
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Union Calendar No. 170 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4755 
[Report No. 118–210] 
A BILL 
To support research on privacy enhancing tech-
nologies and promote responsible data use, and 
for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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