I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3764 
To impose penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of personal financial 
information by Federal employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2013 
Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To impose penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of 
personal financial information by Federal employees. 
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 Financial In-
formation Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY 
IDENTIFIABLE COVERED INFORMATION. 
(a) LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN ACTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 
officer or employee of the United States— 
(A) willfully to make an unauthorized dis-
closure of personally identifiable covered infor-
mation; or 
(B) to conspire to commit a violation of 
subparagraph (A). 
(2) PENALTY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any violation of para-
graph (1) shall be subject to a penalty of not 
more than the greatest of— 
(i) the penalty specified in the law set-
ting forth the offense which covers a viola-
tion of paragraph (1), or 
(ii) the penalty set forth in subpara-
graph (B). 
(B) UNIFORM PENALTY.—The penalty set 
forth in this subparagraph is a felony punish-
able upon conviction by— 
(i) a fine in any amount not exceeding 
$100,000 for each such violation and im-
prisonment of not more than 7 years, 
(ii) the costs of prosecution, and 
(iii) dismissal from office or discharge 
from employment. 
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(C) FORFEITURE OF ANNUITIES AND RE-
TIRED PAY.—A violation of paragraph (1) shall 
be treated as an offense to which sections 8312 
and 8432(g)(5) of title 5, United States Code, 
apply. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) OFFICER
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term ‘‘officer of the United States’’ means an officer 
appointed pursuant to section 2104(a)(1)(C) of title 
5, United States Code. 
(2) EMPLOYEE OF THE UNITED STATES.—The 
term ‘‘employee of the United States’’ means an em-
ployee, as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(3) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE COVERED IN-
FORMATION.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable cov-
ered information’’ means any information contained 
in a financial record (as defined in section 1101 of 
the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (12 
U.S.C. 3401), if such information contains the 
name, social security number, street address, tele-
phone number, electronic mail address, or any other 
personally identifiable information concerning the 
consumer to which such financial record relates. 
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