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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10609 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10609

  To prohibit the establishment, maintenance, and sharing of vehicle 
 fingerprinting databases by the heads of Government agencies, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2026

 Mr. Stutzman (for himself, Mr. Harris of Maryland, and Mr. Harrigan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL

 
  To prohibit the establishment, maintenance, and sharing of vehicle 
 fingerprinting databases by the heads of Government agencies, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Don't Spy On Me Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING, OR SHARING VEHICLE 
              FINGERPRINTING DATABASES.

    (a) Prohibition.--The head of a Government agency may not establish 
or maintain a vehicle fingerprinting database.
    (b) Civil Action.--In the case that the head of a Government agency 
violates the prohibition under subsection (a), any individual or entity 
whose information is the subject of such violation may bring a civil 
action in any district court of the United States against such 
Government agency with respect to such violation for--
            (1) actual damages for an injury resulting from the 
        violation;
            (2) $25,000 if the court finds that the Government agency 
        targeted the individual or entity in committing such violation;
            (3) injunctive relief with respect to such violation; and
            (4) reasonable attorney's fees and costs with respect to 
        such violation.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Government agency.--The term ``Government agency'' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 4 of the United States 
        Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 
        1433).
            (2) Vehicle fingerprinting database.--The term ``vehicle 
        fingerprinting database'' means a database in which the name of 
        an individual or entity or the license plate of a vehicle is 
        linked to any other identifiable information obtained from an 
        automated license plate reader, including--
                    (A) any characteristic of the vehicle, such as the 
                presence of a bumper sticker or roof rack on the 
                vehicle, damage to the vehicle, or the make, model, or 
                color of the vehicle; or
                    (B) geolocation data, including any location 
                visited and the frequency of any such visit.
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Don’t Spy On Me Act of 2026

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