Protecting Americans from Doxing and Political Violence Act

This bill aims to protect Members of Congress, their immediate families, and congressional staff from doxing and political violence by restricting the public disclosure of their personal information by government agencies, data brokers, and other businesses. It establishes procedures for at-risk individuals to request their covered information be kept private and provides enforcement mechanisms.

Sec. 2, Protecting covered information in public records: Defines key terms including "at-risk individual" (Members of Congress, their immediate family, designated staff, and former Members), "covered information" (home address, phone numbers, email, SSN, driver's license, bank account, license plate, child's school/daycare info, routes, precise geolocation), and "data broker" (commercial entity selling personal information, with exclusions for news, directory assistance, internal use, health alerts, credit agencies, financial institutions, and HIPAA entities). Government agencies must not publicly post covered information of at-risk individuals and must remove it within 72 hours of a request, with exceptions for signed releases, court orders, Gramm-Leach-Bliley compliance, or confidentiality agreements. At-risk individuals or their agents can make requests; legislative officers can submit lists on behalf of multiple individuals. Data brokers are prohibited from knowingly selling, licensing, trading, or purchasing covered information of any U.S. person, enforceable by the Attorney General or state attorneys general. Other businesses must remove covered information from the internet within 72 hours of a written request and not transfer it, with exceptions for news, voluntary publication by the at-risk individual, or lawful federal government sources. At-risk individuals can sue for injunctive or declaratory relief if their covered information is made public in violation of this section. The section does not limit lawful press investigation, reporting on public concerns, required federal disclosures, access to Members' public actions, publication with consent, or data sharing with governments. It is to be broadly construed to protect covered information, and if any provision is held unconstitutional, the rest remains in effect.