Protecting Americans from Doxing and Political Violence Act

Summary

Creates definitions and scope for protecting highly sensitive personal information of "at‑risk" people connected to Members of Congress and certain covered employees from public disclosure in records, and defines commercial "data brokers." It identifies categories of covered personal data (home addresses, contact info, government IDs, financial account numbers, vehicle identifiers, precise geolocation, minor children’s identifiers, routes to schools or workplaces, etc.) and carves out disclosures already required by federal or state candidacy filings.

• Defines who is an "at‑risk individual" connected to Members of Congress and covered employees for purposes of protecting personal data.
• Specifies a detailed list of categories of highly sensitive personal information (home addresses, SSNs, precise geolocation, minor child ID, etc.).
• Carves out disclosures that appear in FEC filings or other federal/state candidacy reports from the proposed protections.
• Adopts existing statutory definitions for "candidate" and "covered employee" by reference to federal law.
• Defines "data broker" as a commercial entity that compiles personal information about non‑customers for sale or monetization.
• The excerpt provides definitional groundwork but does not include operational rules, funding, enforcement, or effective date.
• Implementation would require changes to how legislative offices and record systems identify and handle public records with protected information.
• Potential tension exists between privacy protections for at‑risk individuals and longstanding public‑records and transparency rules.