119-hr1101

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1101 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1101

To prohibit unlawful access to the payment system of the Bureau of the 
 Fiscal Service within the Department of the Treasury, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 6, 2025

 Ms. Stevens (for herself, Mr. Casten, Mr. Whitesides, Ms. Velazquez, 
 Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Adams, Mr. 
Pallone, Mr. Frost, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Norton, Mr. Larson of 
Connecticut, Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Titus, 
 Mr. Meeks, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Amo, Ms. 
 Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. 
 Courtney, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Landsman, Mr. 
 Deluzio, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Soto, Mr. 
 Connolly, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. McClellan, Ms. 
 Schakowsky, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Panetta, Mr. 
 Thanedar, Mr. Peters, Mr. Lieu, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Mr. 
 Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Keating, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, 
Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Latimer, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. 
Tlaib, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Carson, Mr. Stanton, 
 Mr. Vargas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Takano, Ms. Craig, Ms. 
 Matsui, Mr. Cohen, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Pressley, Mr. 
Casar, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. McGarvey, 
 Mr. Tonko, Ms. Ross, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Mrvan, 
Ms. Brown, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Pingree, 
 Mrs. McBath, Ms. Balint, Mr. Crow, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Chu, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. 
 Schneider, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Gomez, Mrs. 
 Dingell, Mr. Sherman, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Levin, Mr. Thompson of 
 California, Ms. Pou, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Raskin, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
 Figures, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Crockett, Mr. 
Magaziner, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Himes, Ms. McDonald 
 Rivet, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Liccardo, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Tran, 
Ms. Friedman, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Vindman, Ms. Salinas, Ms. 
 Leger Fernandez, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. 
 Strickland, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Carbajal, 
 Ms. Randall, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. 
Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Morrison, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Min, 
 and Mr. Castro of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
 fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

To prohibit unlawful access to the payment system of the Bureau of the 
 Fiscal Service within the Department of the Treasury, 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 ``Taxpayer Data Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ACCESS TO PAYMENT SYSTEM OF BUREAU OF THE FISCAL 
 SERVICE.

 

Section 321 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
 ``

    (e)

    (1) The Secretary may not allow any individual to use, 
exercise administrative control over, or otherwise access any 
Department of the Treasury public money receipt or payment system 
(including any payment system of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (or 
any successor thereof)), or any data from any such system, unless--
 ``
        (A) such individual is an officer, employee, or 
 contractor of the Department of the Treasury--
 ``
            (i) who is otherwise eligible to access such 
 system or data;
 ``
            (ii) whose most recent performance rating was at 
 the fully successful level or higher (or the equivalent 
 thereof); and
 ``
            (iii) who, as of the date of such access, with 
 respect to such an officer or employee has occupied a 
 position in the civil service (as that term is defined 
 in 

section 2101 of title 5), or with respect to such a 
 contractor has been performing under a contract with 
 the Department, for a period of at least one year; or
 ``
        (B) in the case of an individual not described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) --
 ``
            (i) such individual holds a security clearance at 
 the appropriate level with respect to such system or 
 data and such clearance was granted pursuant to the 
 procedures established under 

section 801 of the 
 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161));
 ``
            (ii) such individual's access to such system or 
 data, or use thereof, does not constitute a violation 
 of 

section 208 of title 18 (determined after the 
 application of paragraph

    (2) );
 ``
            (iii) such individual is not a special Government 
 employee (as defined in 

section 202 of title 18);
 ``
            (iv) such individual's current continuous service 
 in the civil service (as that term is defined in 
 

section 2101 of title 5) as of the date of such access 
 is for a period of at least 1 year;
 ``
            (v) such individual has completed any required 
 training or compliance procedures with respect to 
 privacy laws and cybersecurity and national security 
 regulations and best practices; and
 ``
            (vi) has signed a written ethics agreement with 
 either the Department of the Treasury or the Office of 
 Government Ethics.
 ``

    (2)
        (A) Any individual who accesses any system or data 
 described in paragraph

    (1) who is not otherwise an officer or 
 employee of the executive branch of the United States 
 Government shall be treated as an employee of the executive 
 branch of the United States Government for purposes of 

section 208 of title 18.
 ``
        (B) For purposes of such 

section 208, exercise of 
 administrative control or stopping, canceling, adjusting, 
 holding, rejecting, changing, or otherwise impacting any 
 payment or data in any Department of the Treasury public money 
 receipt or payment system (including any payment system of the 
 Bureau of the Fiscal Service (or any successor thereof)), shall 
 be considered personal and substantial participation as a 
 Government officer or employee in a particular matter.
 ``

    (3) The Inspector General of the Department of the 
 Treasury shall investigate, and submit a report to Congress on 
 such investigation, each instance of unauthorized use or other 
 access of any payment system described in paragraph

    (1) . Any 
 such report shall be submitted not later than 30 days after any 
 such instance and shall include--
 ``
        (A) a detailed description of the unauthorized 
 use or access, including any actions the individual 
 carried out;
 ``
        (B) a risk assessment of any threat to privacy, 
 national security, cybersecurity, or the integrity of 
 the applicable system as a result of such unauthorized 
 use or access; and
 ``
            (C) a detailed description of any stopped 
 payments during the unauthorized use or access.''.
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