[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5217 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5217

   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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2026

Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. Alsobrooks) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   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.

    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 ``Reducing the Effects of the 
Cyberattack on OPM Victims Enduring Response and Protecting 
Identifiable Information Act'' or the ``RECOVER PII Act''.

SEC. 2. IDENTITY PROTECTION COVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY 
              FEDERAL AGENCY DATA BREACHES.

    Section 633 of title VI of division E of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``For fiscal years 2016 through 2026,'' and 
                inserting ``For fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 
                thereafter,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(2) 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.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``Definition.--''.

SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENTS RELATING TO PRIVACY-ENHANCING SERVICES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' means each authority of 
        the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the 
        Government of the United States.
            (2) Privacy-enhancing service.--The term ``privacy-
        enhancing service'' means any software or hardware solution, 
        technical process, technique, or other technological means that 
        mitigates privacy risks arising from data processing, including 
        by eliminating, reducing, or suppressing personal information, 
        including restricted personal information, as defined in 
        section 119(b) of title 18, United States Code.
    (b) Reimbursements.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts appropriated by any Act for fiscal year 2026, or any fiscal 
year thereafter, for salaries and expenses of an agency may be used by 
that agency to reimburse an employee employed by that agency (or to 
make a payment to a contractor of the agency to reimburse an employee 
of the contractor who provides support to that agency) for not more 
than 100 percent of the costs incurred by the applicable individual for 
privacy-enhancing services.
    (c) Documentation.--Any reimbursement or payment that is authorized 
under subsection (b) shall be contingent upon the submission by the 
employee or contractor, as applicable, of such information or 
documentation as the applicable agency may reasonably require.
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