{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-847","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 847","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To support research on privacy enhancing technologies and promote responsible data use, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To support research on privacy enhancing technologies and promote responsible data use, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-02-04","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-05-11","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h150","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act","result":"Passed","yea":401,"nay":19,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll150.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.","date":"2022-05-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-05-11","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the National Science Foundation to support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on privacy enhancing technologies."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":76},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the National Science Foundation to support research on privacy enhancing technologies and directs federal coordination, outreach and reporting on their development and adoption.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text/eh#HBFAE715FAEA64F70873F1393A61DA288"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text/eh#HD59B0C47EED046209443186575C8973D"},{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text/eh#HFDCCF7B98B1148E8939FA5075A97BA64"}]},"core_areas":["National Science Foundation research on privacy enhancing technologies","Federal coordination and standards outreach on privacy enhancing technologies","Report to Congress on privacy enhancing technology research"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Defines \"privacy enhancing technology\" as any software or hardware solution, technical process, or other technological means of mitigating individuals' privacy risks arising from data processing.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text/eh#HF88E7B4A84E04B8EB66437CF53F4491B"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies, to support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on privacy enhancing technologies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text/eh#HBFAE715FAEA64F70873F1393A61DA288"}},{"text":"Amends the Cyber Security Research and Development Act so that a listed research area reads \"privacy and confidentiality, including privacy enhancing technologies\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text/eh#H5062B0A5EFDB41899B7C4B9D8D7657EE"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, acting through the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program, to coordinate with named agencies to accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of privacy enhancing technologies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text/eh#HD59B0C47EED046209443186575C8973D"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to conduct outreach to private, public, and academic stakeholders and to support engagement on voluntary, consensus-based technical standards and guidelines for privacy enhancing technologies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text/eh#HD59B0C47EED046209443186575C8973D"}},{"text":"Requires a report to specified House and Senate committees, not later than 3 years after enactment, on the progress of privacy enhancing technology research, the progress of the voluntary resources, and any policy recommendations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text/eh#HFDCCF7B98B1148E8939FA5075A97BA64"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-05-11","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/847/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-847.png","v":"3983210fef43","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 847, 117th Congress: Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act. House: 401 Yea, 19 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 11 May 2022."}}