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HR847: Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act (117th Congress)
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HR847: Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act

117th Congress (2021–2023) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]

This page covers HR847 in the 117th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so HR847 in another Congress is a different bill.


Key facts

Item Detail
Roll-call votes 1
Chamber House
Latest vote 2022-05-11: Passed
Latest action 2022-05-12: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Policy area Science, Technology, Communications
Official record Congress.gov

What the bill does

Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act This bill directs the National Science Foundation to support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on privacy enhancing technologies. 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.

Subjects: Computer security and identity theft, Computers and information technology, Congressional oversight, Public-private cooperation, Research administration and funding, Research and development, Right of privacy, Technology assessment


Roll-call votes on HR847 (117th Congress)

Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.

Date Chamber Question Result Yea Nay Not voting Record
2022-05-11 House 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Passed 279 12 4 Official tally

Frequently asked

What is HR847 in the 117th Congress?

HR847 (Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act) was introduced in the 117th Congress (2021–2023) by Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11].

What is the latest action on HR847?

On 2022-05-12: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

How many roll-call votes were held on HR847?

1 recorded vote in the 117th Congress. The most recent, on 2022-05-11, was "2/3 Yea-And-Nay": Passed.