A bill to improve the safety and security of Members of Congress, immediate family members of Members of Congress, and congressional staff.
What changed between versions
Designated Senate employees and designated House employees are now included as at-risk individuals, extending protections beyond just Members of Congress to staff members formally designated in writing by a Member or chamber officer.
Former Members of Congress are added as a new category of at-risk individual (subparagraph G).
A new exemption is added to 'covered information': personal data contained in reports filed with the Federal Election Commission or required under Federal or State law for qualifying as a candidate or by any candidate for Congress is no longer protected.
Legislative officers are now authorized to make notices and requests on behalf of designated employees, not just Members of Congress, and the list provision is restructured to explicitly include designated employees and their immediate family members.
New definitions for 'candidate' (referencing the Federal Election Campaign Act), 'covered employee' (referencing the Congressional Accountability Act), 'designated Senate employee,' and 'designated House employee' are added.
The consumer reporting agency exemption is narrowed from being broadly 'subject to' the Fair Credit Reporting Act to applying 'only while engaging in activity subject to' that Act, closing a potential loophole where an entity could claim the exemption even when not performing FCRA-covered functions.
The exception for covered information received from a Federal Government source now requires it was 'lawfully received,' adding a condition that was previously absent.
