[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1121]
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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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