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S. 224 117th Congress Senate

Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act

Official title: A bill to support research on privacy enhancing technologies and promote responsible data use, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 4, 2021 Introduced by: Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Computer security and identity theftComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightPublic-private cooperation
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This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 4, 2021
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 Latest action February 4, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act

This bill directs the National Science Foundation to support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on privacy enhancing technologies. The award of grants for basic research on innovative approaches to the structure of computer and network hardware and software that are aimed at enhancing computer security may include privacy enhancing technologies and confidentiality. The bill also requires the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program to submit to Congress a report on the progress of research on privacy enhancing technologies and the development of specified voluntary resources.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 847 Identical bill Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act
  • HR 5807 DATA Privacy Act
  • S 3065 DATA Privacy Act
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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Feb 4, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 224: Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-224/
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"S. 224: Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-224/.
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S. 224, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-224/.
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[S. 224: Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-224/)
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