A bill to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 to extend the availability of identity protection coverage to individuals whose personally identifiable information was compromised during recent data breaches at Federal agencies, and for other purposes.
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Cosponsors (3)
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2026-08-03
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Committee Activity
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- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsReferred To · 2026-08-03
Plain-English Summary
When personal information belonging to federal employees and contractors was exposed in data breaches, this bill would provide free identity protection services to those affected individuals to help prevent fraud and theft. The coverage would help people whose names, Social Security numbers, or other sensitive data were compromised monitor their credit and receive alerts if someone tries to use their information illegally.
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