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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4492 
To amend title 11, United States Code, to account for the protection of 
genetic information in bankruptcy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2025 
Mr. CLINE (for himself and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 11, United States Code, to account for the 
protection of genetic information in bankruptcy. 
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 ‘‘Don’t Sell My DNA 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 11, UNITED STATES CODE, 
RELATING TO PROTECTION OF GENETIC IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 11, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in section 101(41A)(A)— 
(A) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vii) genetic information, as defined 
in section 201 of the Genetic Information 
Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 
2000ff); or’’; 
(2) in section 363— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking 
clause (ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) finding that no showing was 
made that such sale or such lease would 
violate applicable nonbankruptcy law, 
provided, however, that no use, sale, or lease 
shall be approved if the personally identifiable 
information consists, in whole or in part, of ge-
netic information (as defined in section 201 of 
the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 
of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff)), unless all affected 
persons, including non-parties, have affirma-
tively consented in writing to such use, sale, or 
lease after the commencement of the case.’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(q) Any use, sale, or lease of genetic information (as 
defined in section 201 of the Genetic Information Non-
discrimination Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff)) shall not 
be considered final and valid unless each person whose ge-
netic information would be subject to such use, sale, or 
lease is provided with actual prior written notice of such 
use, sale, or lease.’’; and 
(3) in section 1107, by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(c) A trustee serving in a case under this chapter 
or debtor in possession shall delete, using methods pro-
scribed by the court (which may include the Guidelines 
for Media Sanitization issued by the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST Special Publication 
800–88), or any successor thereto), any genetic informa-
tion (as defined in section 201 of the Genetic Information 
Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff)) that 
was property of the estate and that was not subject to 
a sale, lease, or other disposition under section 363 of this 
title.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section— 
(1) shall take effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act; and 
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(2) shall apply to any case under title 11, 
United States Code, that is— 
(A) pending as of the date of enactment of 
this Act; or 
(B) commenced or reopened on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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