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H.R. 2277 · 114th Congress

Password Protection Act of 2015

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

EPD PerlmutterSponsor
13 cosponsors · 12 D, 1 R
LCD Capps RGD Grijalva CRD Rangel BRD Rush DSR Schweikert PTD Tonko PWD Welch SCD Cohen JSD Speier JGD Garamendi JPD Polis DDD DeGette JCD Cooper

7 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Amends the federal criminal code to subject to a fine any employer who knowingly and intentionally:

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 12, 2015

Password Protection Act of 2015

Amends the federal criminal code to subject to a fine any employer who knowingly and intentionally:

  • compels or coerces any person to provide the employer with a password or similar information to access a protected computer not owned by such employer; or
  • discharges, disciplines, discriminates, or threatens to take such actions, against any person who fails to authorize access to such computer, has filed a complaint or instituted a proceeding regarding such action, or testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of a court of competent jurisdiction to grant equitable relief in a civil action, if the court believes that the information sought to be obtained is relevant to protecting the intellectual property, a trade secret, or confidential business information of the party seeking relief.

Exempts an employer's actions from such prohibition if:

  • the employer discharges or disciplines an individual for good cause;
  • the employer complies with federal or state laws or regulations governing brokers, dealers, and investment advisers;
  • a state enacts a law that specifically waives such prohibition with respect to a particular class of state or agency employees and the employer's action relates to an employee in such class; or
  • an executive agency, military department, or other executive branch entity specifically waives the prohibition with respect to a particular class of employees who may have access to classified information.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Password Protection Act of 2015

Latest action (Jun 1, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: May 12, 2015

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.