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Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the effect on taxpayer and child privacy of the seizure by the so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" of legally-protected identity and financial data stored in the National Directory of New Hires and the Federal Parent Locator Service.

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the effect on taxpayer and child privacy of the seizure by the so-called ``Department of Government Efficiency'' of legally-protected identity and financial data stored in the National Directory of New Hires and the Federal Parent Locator Service.

Introduced Apr 9, 2025

Latest action (Apr 9, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Economy & TaxesHealthcareTechnology & Privacy

Summary

This resolution requests that the President and Secretary of Health and Human Services transmit documents to the House within 14 days regarding the Department of Government Efficiency's access to legally-protected taxpayer and identity data in the National Directory of New Hires and the Federal Parent Locator Service. The resolution seeks documents about any requests by DOGE to access this protected information, data security protections applied to any copies, prior legal opinions on such access, and any attempts to access the data. The resolution also requests documents regarding staff terminations at HHS related to these databases following DOGE's requests.

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Sponsor (1)
18 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Danny K. Davis’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • OWNER $10,200
  • NULL $7,138
  • RIGHTEOUS WORKS $6,600
  • DAMRON CORP $6,000
  • PRIVATE PRACTICE $4,500

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Danny K. Davis → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Apr 9, 2025 Submitted in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 9, 2025

Mr. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Neal, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Sewell, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Chu, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Plaskett, and Mr. Suozzi) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

RESOLUTION

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the effect on taxpayer and child privacy of the seizure by the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” of legally-protected identity and financial data stored in the National Directory of New Hires and the Federal Parent Locator Service.

Resolved, That the President of the United States is requested, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed, to transmit, to the extent that such documents are in the possession of the President or the Secretary, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, audio recording, memorandum, call log, correspondence (electronic or otherwise), activity logs, audit trails, audit logs, written agreements, or other communication or any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to the following:

(1) Any request from the United States DOGE Service (commonly referred to as the “Department of Government Efficiency” or “DOGE”), and any authorization provided to DOGE, to access any information on any American worker which is protected under section 453 of the Social Security Act or section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and stored in the National Database of New Hires (in this resolution referred to as “NDNH”).

(2) The location of, and data security protections applied to, any copies of all or part of the data made by DOGE employees.

(3) Prior legal opinions or other internal communications regarding requests to access NDNH data for purposes not specified in such section 453 or without a negotiated memorandum of understanding setting forth conditions of access, limiting the number of individuals with access, or requiring training, background checks, and other qualifications for those individuals accessing the data.

(4) Any request from DOGE for any confidential financial information or personally identifiable information of more than 40,000,000 Americans, including over 19,000,000 which is stored in the Federal Parent Locator Service (in this resolution referred to as “FPLS”), which is used to facilitate child support payments to children from non-custodial parents.

(5) Staff terminations, retirements, or resignations of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services with responsibilities related to the FPLS or the NDNH after the date of the first request by DOGE for information stored in the Federal Case Registry.

(6) Any attempt by DOGE employees to access information obtained pursuant to section 453(a)(2) of the Social Security Act. <all>

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