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 ‘‘Promoting Digital Pri-
vacy Technologies Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
DEFINITION 
OF 
PRIVACY 
ENHANCING 
TECH-
NOLOGY. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘privacy enhancing tech-
nology’’— 
(1) means any software or hardware solution, 
technical process, or other technological means of 
mitigating individuals’ privacy risks arising from 
data processing by enhancing predictability, manage-
ability, disassociability, and confidentiality; and 
(2) may include— 
(A) cryptographic techniques for facilitating 
computation or analysis on data while miti-
gating privacy risks; 
(B) techniques for publicly sharing data 
without enabling inferences to be made about 
specific individuals; 
(C) techniques for giving individuals’ con-
trol over the dissemination, sharing, and use of 
their data; 
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(D) techniques for generating synthetic 
data; and 
(E) any other technology or approach that 
reduces the risk of re-identification, including 
when combined with other information. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT OF RE-
SEARCH 
ON 
PRIVACY 
ENHANCING 
TECH-
NOLOGY. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation, in 
consultation with 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— 
(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 
grow the number of privacy enhancing technology re-
searchers 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; and 
(8) fundamental research on techniques that may 
undermine the protections provided by privacy en-
hancing technologies, the limitations of the protections 
provided by privacy enhancing technologies, and the 
trade-offs between privacy and utility required for 
their deployment. 
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SEC. 4. INTEGRATION INTO THE COMPUTER AND NETWORK 
SECURITY PROGRAM. 
Subparagraph (D) of section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Secu-
rity 
Research 
and 
Development 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
7403(a)(1)(D)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(D) privacy and confidentiality, including 
privacy enhancing technologies;’’. 
SEC. 5. COORDINATION WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 
STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER 
STAKEHOLDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy, acting through the Networking and 
Information Technology Research and Development Pro-
gram, shall coordinate with the Director of the National 
Science Foundation, the Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appro-
priate, to accelerate the development, deployment, and 
adoption of privacy enhancing technologies. 
(b) OUTREACH.—The Director of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology shall conduct outreach 
to— 
(1) receive input from private, public, and aca-
demic stakeholders on the development of privacy en-
hancing technologies; and 
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(2) facilitate and support ongoing public and 
private sector engagement to inform the development 
and dissemination of voluntary, consensus-based tech-
nical standards, guidelines, methodologies, procedures, 
and processes to cost-effectively increase the integra-
tion of privacy enhancing technologies in data collec-
tion, sharing, and analytics performed by the public 
and private sectors. 
SEC. 6. REPORT ON PRIVACY ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY RE-
SEARCH. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy, acting through the Networking and Informa-
tion Technology Research and Development Program, shall, 
in coordination with the Director of the National Science 
Foundation, the Director of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology, and the heads of other Federal agen-
cies, as appropriate, submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Sub-
committee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Com-
merce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Com-
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mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
a report containing— 
(1) the progress of research on privacy enhancing 
technologies; 
(2) the progress of the development of voluntary 
resources described under section 5(b)(2); and 
(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. 
SEC. 7. PROTECTING PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMA-
TION. 
Any personal identifying information collected or 
stored through the activities authorized in this Act shall be 
done in accordance with section 690 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations (relating to the protection of human 
subjects), or any successor regulation. 
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Union Calendar No. 225 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 847 
[Report No. 117–305] 
A BILL 
To support research on privacy enhancing tech-
nologies and promote responsible data use, and 
for other purposes. 
MAY 3, 2022 
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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