RECOVER Act

Bill: 114-hr-3029
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-10
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Employee hiring

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Personnel records
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1047)

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2015 or the RECOVER Act</strong></p> <p>Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)&nbsp;to provide each individual whose personally identifiable information was compromised during data breaches of personnel records of federal employees in a network maintained by the Department of the Interior or in OPM systems containing federal employee background investigations with comprehensive identity protection coverage that is effective for the life of the individual and that includes not less than $5 million in identity theft insurance. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3029 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2015 Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Beyer , Ms. Edwards , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Connolly , and Mr. Cummings ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To require the Office of Personnel Management to provide complimentary, comprehensive identity protection coverage to all individuals whose personally identifiable information was compromised during recent data breaches at Federal agencies.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2015 or the RECOVER Act . 2. Identity protection coverage for individuals affected by Federal agency data breaches (a) Definition In this section, the term affected individual means any individual whose personally identifiable information was compromised during— (1) the data breach of personnel records of current and former Federal employees, at a network maintained by the Department of the Interior, that was announced by the Office of Personnel Management on June 4, 2015; or (2) the data breach of systems of the Office of Personnel Management containing information related to the background investigations of current, former, and prospective Federal employees, and of other individuals. (b) Identity protection coverage The Office of Personnel Management shall provide to each affected individual complimentary identity protection coverage that— (1) is not less comprehensive than the complimentary identity protection coverage that the Office provided to affected individuals before the date of enactment of this Act; (2) is effective for the remainder of the life of the individual; and (3) includes not less than $5,000,000 in identity theft insurance.