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H.R.1450
Sponsor: Rep Kleczka, Gerald D.(introduced 4/15/1999)
Latest Major Action: 4/30/1999 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To protect the privacy of the individual with respect to the Social Security number and other personal information, and for other purposes.
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STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
4/15/1999:
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Banking and Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
4/15/1999:
Referred to House Ways and Means
4/22/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
4/15/1999:
Referred to House Banking and Financial Services
4/30/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
4/15/1999:
Referred to House Judiciary
4/26/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(17), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 10/5/2000 Rep Barcia, James A. - 4/15/1999
Rep Filner, Bob - 9/8/1999 Rep Frank, Barney - 5/19/1999
Rep Frost, Martin - 5/11/1999 Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 6/9/2000
Rep Jefferson, William J. - 6/24/1999 Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 5/11/1999
Rep Lampson, Nick - 2/1/2000 Rep Markey, Edward J. - 5/9/2000
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 5/11/1999 Rep Murtha, John P. - 4/15/1999
Rep Obey, David R. - 4/15/1999 Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 5/11/1999
Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 4/15/1999 Rep Tanner, John S. - 5/9/2000
Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 5/19/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
4/15/1999--Introduced.

Personal Information Privacy Act of 1999 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to redefine the term "consumer report" to exclude identifying information listed in a local telephone directory (thereby ensuring that the personal identification information in the credit headers accompanying credit reports of unlisted individuals remains confidential).

(Sec. 3) Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit the commercial acquisition or distribution of an individual's social security number (or any derivative of it), as well as its use as a personal identification number, without the individual's written consent. Provides for: (1) civil money penalties and civil action in U.S. District Court by an aggrieved individual; and (2) coordination with criminal enforcement of identification document fraud.

(Sec.4) Amends the Federal criminal code to require State motor vehicle department uses of social security numbers to be consistent with uses authorized by the Social Security Act, the Privacy Act, and by any other appropriate statutes. Prohibits marketing company use of social security numbers.

(Sec. 5) Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit, with an exception for specified law enforcement requests, State motor vehicle department release or disclosure of an individual's photograph without the individual's written consent.

(Sec. 6) Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from providing a report in connection with a credit or insurance transaction not initiated by the consumer without the consumer's written consent. Requires full consumer disclosure before such consent shall be effective.

(Sec. 7) Prohibits, with specified exceptions, a person doing business with a consumer from selling or transferring for marketing purposes any transaction or experience information (as defined by this Act) without the consumer's written consent.