- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 24, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 6229. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1094. PROTECTION OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL.
(a) In General.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
“Sec. 120. Protection of special operations personnel
“(a) Definitions.—In this section:
“(1) Covered person.—The term `covered person' means—
“(A) a member of the special operations forces;
“(B) an employee of the Department of Defense or a member
of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 101(a) of title
10) designated by the Secretary of Defense who conducts or
participates in Department of Defense sensitive activities
(as defined in section 130g of title 10); or
“(C) a Federal law enforcement officer assigned or
attached to, or performing duty with a member of, the special
operations forces.
“(2) Crime of violence.—The term `crime of violence' has
the meaning given the term in section 16.
“(3) Immediate family.—The term `immediate family' has
the meaning given the term in section 115(c).
“(4) Restricted personal information.—The term
`restricted personal information' means, with respect to an
individual—
“(A) the individual's name in connection with the
individual's place of employment;
“(B) a visual depiction of the individual's face or
likeness in connection with the individual's name and place
of employment;
“(C) a visual depiction of the individual's home in
connection with the individual's name and place of
employment;
“(D) the date of birth, social security number, home
address, home phone number, mobile phone number, personal
email, or home fax number of, and identifiable to, the
individual; or
“(E) the individual's biometric data.
“(b) Offense.—It shall be unlawful to knowingly make
restricted personal information about a covered person, or a
member of the immediate family of that covered person,
publicly available—
“(1) with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite
the commission of a crime of violence against the covered
person or a member of the immediate family of the covered
person; or
“(2) with the intent and knowledge that the restricted
personal information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or
facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against that
covered person or a member of the immediate family of the
covered person.
“(c) Penalties.—Any person who violates subsection (b)—
“(1) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not
more than 5 years, or both; or
“(2) if death or serious bodily injury results from the
violation, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for
any term of years or for life, or both.”.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.—The table of
sections for chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
“120. Protection of special operations personnel.”.