[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4416. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee 
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. PROTECTING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 552(f) of title 5, United States Code.
       (2) Individual.--The term ``individual'' means an 
     individual that is a--
       (A) United States person, as defined in section 101 of the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1801); or
       (B) person in the United States.
       (3) Personally identifiable information.--The term 
     ``personally identifiable information'' means any information 
     that identifies, or is linked or reasonably linkable, alone 
     or in combination with other data, to--
       (A) an individual; or
       (B) a device that identifies, or is linked or reasonably 
     linkable to, an individual.
       (4) Process.--The term ``process'', with respect to 
     personally identifiable information, means to perform an 
     operation or set of operations on the personally identifiable 
     information, including by storing, analyzing, organizing, 
     structuring, using, modifying, or otherwise handling the 
     personally identifiable information, whether or not by 
     automated means.
       (5) Record.--The term ``record'' means any personally 
     identifiable information processed by an agency.
       (6) System of records.--The term ``system of records'' 
     means a group of any records maintained by or for, or 
     otherwise under the control of, any agency.
       (b) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds.--No Federal funds 
     may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Executive 
     Order 14243 (90 Fed. Reg. 13681; relating to stopping waste, 
     fraud, and abuse by eliminating information silos), or any 
     successive executive order.
       (c) Contracts.--
       (1) In general.--No Federal funds may be used to acquire 
     services or software from, or use any services or software 
     acquired from, Palantir Technologies Inc. for the processing 
     of personally identifiable information in 1 or more systems 
     of records.
       (2) Termination.--Any contract which has a requirement for 
     the processing described in paragraph (1) is hereby 
     terminated.
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