Privacy Act Modernization Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Privacy Act Modernization Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Immigration, Criminal Justice.
Who Benefits and How
transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Privacy Act Modernization Act of 2025.
- Section id486118f1b1ea4b21bbeaaba354bebfc8: 2. Modernizing Privacy Act definitions Section 552a(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking a citizen of the United States...
- Section id331f7cfd945040f48e5b96d6081f5b74: 3. Strengthening protections for individuals Section 552a of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(7), by inserting and is appropriate and...
- Section id81a9479435824b0b83be8dd869e504c8: 4. Effective dates In this section: The terms agency, matching program, recipient agency, record, source agency, and system of records have the meanings given...
- Section id17c2728b2c704120b3643e979fdd101b: 5. Rule of construction In this section, the term Privacy Act means section 552a of title 5, United States Code, as in effect at any time before the date of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Privacy Act Modernization Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Immigration, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill, Privacy Act Modernization Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- transportation operators and travelers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- transportation operators and travelers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …
Introduced in Senate
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any information that identifies, or is linked or reasonably linkable, alone or in combination with other data, to—(A)an individual
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