Disaster Data Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10894 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10894

 To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from obtaining certain 
                  personally identifiable information.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 22, 2026

   Ms. Pettersen (for herself and Ms. Kamlager-Dove) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
 To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from obtaining certain 
                  personally identifiable information.

    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 ``Disaster Data Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SHARING CERTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE 
              INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funds may be used by the Director of 
the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain personally 
identifiable information collected by non-governmental entity in 
response to a natural disaster.
    (b) Exception.--A non-governmental entity may provide personal 
information to the Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement if the Director obtains a judicial warrant for such 
information.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Personally identifiable information.--The term 
        ``personally identifiable information'' means--
                    (A) any information that can be used to distinguish 
                or trace the identity of an individual, including such 
                as a name, residential address, a social security 
                number, an alien registration number, a date and place 
                of birth, or a parent's maiden name; or
                    (B) any item, collection, or grouping of 
                information about an individual that is maintained by a 
                non-governmental entity, including education, financial 
                transactions, medical history, and criminal or 
                employment history and that contains a name, finger or 
                voice print, or a photograph.
            (2) Natural disaster.--The term ``natural disaster'' means 
        any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven 
        water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, 
        landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, or other 
        catastrophe in any part of the United States which causes, or 
        which may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian 
        property or persons.
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