Identity Protection: Lifelong Coverage for Federal Data Breach Victims
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.
A house committee must act next: committee consideration.
This bill helps millions of people affected by past government hacks, but the high cost of lifelong insurance might make some lawmakers hesitant to pass it quickly.
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Current federal employees, retirees, and contractors whose personal data was exposed in past federal breaches (such as the 2015 OPM hack that affected over 21 million people) would keep identity theft monitoring and credit protection for the rest of their lives instead of losing it when the program expires in 2026. The bill also raises the minimum identity theft insurance from lower levels up to at least $5,000,000 per person, and lets agencies use existing budgets to reimburse employees and contractors up to 100 percent of costs for privacy tools like data-removal services.
“is effective for the remainder of the life of the affected individual; and ``(3) includes not less than $5,000,000 in identity theft insurance.”
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E769)
Sens. Mark Warner and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced the RECOVER PII Act to provide lifetime identity protection for victims of the 2015 OPM breaches, as current 10-year coverage is set to expire. The bill includes $5 million in insurance and reimbursements for privacy tools.
Bipartisan legislation known as the RECOVER PII Act aims to extend identity protection for 22 million individuals affected by the 2015 OPM breaches. The bill would replace the current 10-year limit with lifetime coverage and include identity theft insurance.
Victims of the 2015 OPM data breaches would receive identity theft monitoring and other data protection services for the rest of their lives under the RECOVER PII Act introduced by Sen. Mark Warner and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
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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