Protecting Stolen Encrypted Data Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting Stolen Encrypted Data Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Government Operations, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors 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, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section id79a0a3cd28314c779d5d974cbf3dd631: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Stolen Encrypted Data Act of 2026.
- Section id9453f86d466f47bd9eefcb6b3fcbd9f8: 2. Addressing stolen sensitive data In this section: The term classified information has the meaning given such term in section 805 of the National Security...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting Stolen Encrypted Data Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Government Operations, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, Protecting Stolen Encrypted Data Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Introduced in Senate
Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
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