[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2857 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2857

     To amend title 11, United States Code, to exclude personally 
  identifiable information from the assets of a debtor in bankruptcy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2000

 Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Torricelli, and Mr. Kohl) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 11, United States Code, to exclude personally 
  identifiable information from the assets of a debtor in bankruptcy.

    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 ``Privacy Policy Enforcement in 
Bankruptcy Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION NOT AN ASSET IN 
              BANKRUPTCY.

    Section 541(b) of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or ''; and
            (3) adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) if the sale or disclosure of personally identifiable 
        information violates a privacy policy of the debtor in effect 
        at the time at which such information was collected, such 
        personally identifiable information (including any compilation 
        or record in electronic or any other form of such information), 
        including--
                    ``(A) a first and last name, whether given at birth 
                or adoption, assumed, or legally changed;
                    ``(B) a home or other physical address, including 
                street name and name of city or town;
                    ``(C) an e-mail address;
                    ``(D) a telephone number;
                    ``(E) a Social Security account number;
                    ``(F) a credit card number;
                    ``(G) a birth date, birth certificate number, or 
                place of birth; or
                    ``(H) any other identifier that permits the 
                physical or electronic contacting of a specific 
                individual.''.
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