Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act
Summary
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 Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program (NITRD) must coordinate with appropriate agencies to accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of privacy enhancing technologies. The bill also requires NITRD to submit to Congress a report on the progress of research on privacy enhancing technologies and the development of specified voluntary resources.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Feb 4, 2021
Last action May 12, 2022
Floor votes · House May 11, 2022
How they voted
401–19
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 428
May 11, 2022
D
Democratic220
98% Yea
R
Republican208
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
3
May 12, 2022
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
May 11, 2022
Introduced
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 401 - 19 (Roll no. 150). (text: 05/10/2022 CR H4728)
lower
May 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 401 - 19 (Roll no. 150).
lower
May 10, 2022
Introduced
Ms. Stevens moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
lower
May 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 117-305.
lower
Jan 19, 2022
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
lower
Jan 19, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee on Research and Technology Discharged.
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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