S4977Referred to Committee

A bill to provide a private cause of action for exposure of personally identifiable information of victims or victims' personal or medical files or similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy in releasing documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

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In Committee
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Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-07-14
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Cory A. Booker
Cory A. Booker
Democrat · NJ · Senator
Votes with party: 82.7% (813 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-07-14

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Plain-English Summary

This bill would allow victims and their families to sue if their private information—like medical or personal files—gets exposed when documents related to the Epstein case are released to the public. It creates a legal right for people to take action and seek damages if their sensitive personal details are shared in a way that violates their privacy, even when those documents are being made public for transparency purposes.

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