To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the recovery of damages in a civil action related to the disclosure of certain personal information from State motor vehicle records, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4176
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-12-03
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

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Licensing and registrations

Motor vehicles

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2016-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code limit the civil liability of a defendant who misuses personal information in a driving record.</p> <p>Current law establishes civil liability for a defendant who knowingly obtains, discloses, or uses personal information in a driving record for an unauthorized purpose.</p> <p>This bill limits a defendant's civil liability to the knowing disclosure or use of a driver's personal information for an unauthorized purpose.</p> <p>Additionally, it revises the liability standard for punitive damages to require proof that a defendant's conduct was intentional (instead of willful or reckless). </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4176 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 3, 2015 Mr. Deutch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the recovery of damages in a civil action related to the disclosure of certain personal information from State motor vehicle records, and for other purposes.

1. Limitation on the recovery of civil damages for disclosure of certain personal information from State motor vehicle records Section 2724 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking obtains, ; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking willful or reckless disregard of the law and inserting intentional violation of the law .