S 490 · 119th Congress · Taxation

Protecting Americans’ Privacy Act of 2025

Introduced 2025-02-06· Sponsored by Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S796-797)(2025-02-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Protecting Americans’ Privacy Act of 2025 This bill makes it unlawful for certain individuals to access or exercise administrative control over any Department of the Treasury public money receipt or payment system. The bill also makes it unlawful to disclose return or return information to certain individuals by means of access to such Treasury system. Under the bill, it is unlawful for an individual to knowingly access or exercise administrative control over any Treasury (including the Bureau of Fiscal Service) public money receipt or payment system if the individual is not a federal employee or federal contractor (with at least one year of continuous service); a federal employee who holds a certain position within or is the board member of a business, organization, or institution; in a civil service position for less than one year (continuously); or an employee who meets certain other requirements and who has a conflict of interest or has not signed a written ethics agreement. The bill also makes it unlawful to (1) facilitate access to or administrative control over any Treasury public money receipt or payment system to such individuals, or (2) disclose return or return informati…

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Cosponsors (5)

5 Democrats