Personal Information Notification Act

Bill: 113-hr-5202
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-07-24
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Government information and archives

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Right of privacy
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Personal Information Notification Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish and oversee policies and procedures that require a federal agency to send a written notification to any individual whose personally identifying information&nbsp;has been&nbsp;accessed by a private entity, not later than 30 days after&nbsp;such information was accessed. Permits the Director to obtain the information necessary for contacting such individual from sources including a driver's license and voter information, but not from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or the National Security Agency (NSA). </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5202 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 2014 Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To require notification when personally identifying information is disclosed by a Government agency, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Personal Information Notification Act . 2. Notification of disclosure of personal information by agencies (a) Findings The Congress finds that when personally identifying information is obtained through an agency by an entity outside of the Government without the knowledge of the individual it pertains to, it may constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and such individual should be notified that the information was accessed in order to be afforded the opportunity to respond. (b) OMB policies and procedures Not later than the first October 1 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall establish and oversee policies and procedures that require an agency to send a written notification to any individual whose personally identifying information is accessed by a private entity, not later than 30 calendar days after the information was accessed. Such letter shall identify the information accessed and the name of the entity who accessed the information. (c) Contact information The Director of the Office of Management and Budget— (1) may obtain the contact information used to notify an individual by letter described in subsection (b) from sources including a driver’s license and voter registration; and (2) may not obtain such contact information from the Internal Revenue Service or the National Security Agency. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Agency The term agency has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Personally identifying information The term personally identifying information means any information about an individual maintained by an agency that is not already public information, including, without limitation, education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history, and information that can be used to distinguish or trace the identity of an individual, such as a social security number, date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, and biometric records.