Last progress February 6, 2025 (10 months ago)
Introduced on February 6, 2025 by Charles Ellis Schumer
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S796-797)
This bill, the Protecting Americans’ Privacy Act of 2025, aims to keep the U.S. Treasury’s central payment systems—where federal money is received and paid out—secure and your tax information private. It makes it illegal for certain people to log in to or control these systems, or to help others do so, and it blocks sharing tax return information through these systems with those people . If you’re harmed by a violation, you can sue in court for at least $250,000 for each unauthorized access, and you may also get punitive damages and attorney fees. People who help enable the access can be held responsible too .
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