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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3133 
To establish a National Secure Data Service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2021 
Mr. BEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To establish a National Secure Data Service, 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 ‘‘National Secure Data 
Service Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL SECURE DATA SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consultation with 
the Chief Statistician of the United States, shall establish 
a demonstration project to develop, refine and test models 
to inform the full implementation of the Commission on 
Evidence-Based Policymaking recommendation for a gov-
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ernment-wide data linkage and access infrastructure for 
statistical activities conducted for statistical purposes, as 
defined in chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall estab-
lish a National Secure Data Service demonstration 
project. The National Secure Data Service demonstration 
project shall be— 
(1) aligned with the principles, best practices, 
and priority actions recommended by the Advisory 
Committee on Data for Evidence Building, to the ex-
tent feasible; and 
(2) operated directly by or via a contract that 
is managed by the National Center for Science and 
Engineering Statistics. 
(c) DATA.—In carrying out this subsection, the Di-
rector shall engage with State and federal agencies to col-
lect, acquire, analyze, report, and disseminate statistical 
data in the United States and other nations to support 
governmentwide evidence-building activities consistent 
with the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking 
Act of 2018. 
(d) PRIVACY
AND
CONFIDENTIALITY
PROTEC-
TIONS.—If the Director issues a management contract 
under subsection (b), the awardee shall be designated as 
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an ‘‘agent’’ under chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code Subchapter III, section 3561 et seq., with all re-
quirements and obligations for protecting confidential in-
formation delineated in the Confidential Information Pro-
tection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018 and the Pri-
vacy Act of 1974. 
(e) TECHNOLOGY.—In carrying out this subsection, 
the Director shall consider application and use of systems 
and technologies that incorporate protection measures to 
reasonably ensure confidential data and statistical prod-
ucts are protected in accordance with obligations under 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, subchapter III, 
section 3561 et seq., including systems and technologies 
that ensure raw data and other sensitive inputs are not 
accessible to recipients of statistical outputs from the Na-
tional Secure Data Service demonstration project. 
(f) TRANSPARENCY.—The National Secure Data 
Service established under subsection (b) shall maintain a 
public website with up-to-date information on supported 
projects. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the National Secure Data Serv-
ice demonstration project established under subsection (b) 
shall submit a report to Congress that includes— 
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(1) a description of policies for protecting data, 
consistent with applicable Federal law; 
(2) a comprehensive description of all completed 
or active data linkage activities and projects; 
(3) an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
demonstration project for mitigating risks and re-
moving barriers to a sustained implementation of 
the National Secure Data Service as recommended 
by the Commission on Evidence-Based Policy-
making; and 
(4) if deemed effective by the Director, a plan 
for scaling up the demonstration project to facilitate 
data access for evidence building while ensuring 
transparency and privacy. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry 
out this subsection $56,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026. 
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