,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #b1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,stockman introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to protect the privacy of individuals' 
personal genetic information and other  
personal identifier information4  #a4   
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,biometric ,information ,privacy   
,act4  #b4 ,congressional findings      
,congress finds3 7#a7 ,personal genomics
 is a growing industry where there is   
nothing to prevent firms from passing   
personal genetic information to a third 
party4  7#b7 ,technology companies      
increasingly use biometric information  
in security features where there is     
nothing to prevent them from passing    
that information to a third party4  #c4 
,definitions  7a7 ,the term personal    
physiological biometric information is  
defined as3 7#a7 ,genetic information4  
7#b7 ,finger prints4  7#c7 ,palm prints4

  7#d7 ,hand geometry4  7#e7 ,iris      
scans4  7#f7 ,retina scans4  7#g7 ,eye  
vein scans4  7b7 ,the term business     
entity is defined as any3 7#a7          
,organization4  7#b7 ,corporation4  7#c7
 ,trust4  7#d7 ,partnership4  7#e7 ,sole
 ,proprietorship4  7#f7 ,unincorporated 
association4  7#g7 ,venture established 
to make a profit4  7#h7 ,nonprofit4  #d4
 ,general authorization  7a7 ,offense ,a
 business entity1 governmental entity1  
or person who knowingly-- 7#a7          
fraudulently obtains personal           
physiological biometric information     
relating to an individual2 or  7#b7     
discloses personal physiological        
biometric information without permission
 from the individuals to which the      
personal physiological biometric        
information pertains1  shall be punished
 as provided in subsection 7b74  7b7    
,penalties ,a business entity1          
governmental entity1 or person described
 in subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 be fined
 not more than #ej1jjj1 imprisoned not  

more than #a year1 or both2  7#b7 if the
 offense is committed under false       
pretenses1 be fined not more than       
#ajj1jjj1 imprisoned not more than #e   
years1 or both2 and  7#c7 if the offense
 is committed with intent to sell1      
transfer1 or use individually           
identifiable health information for     
commercial advantage1 personal gain1 or 
malicious harm1 be fined not more than  
#bej1jjj1 imprisoned not more than #aj  
years1 or both4  #e4 ,disclosure of     
information to governmental entity      
pursuant to court order ,a governmental 
entity may obtain personal physiological
 biometric information pursuant to a    
court order only if1 in the court       
proceeding relevant to such court       
order-- 7#a7 such entity offers clear   
and convincing evidence that the subject
 of the information is reasonably       
suspected of engaging in criminal       
activity and that the information sought
 would be material evidence in the case2
 and  7#b7 the subject of the           

information is afforded the opportunity 
to appear and contest such entity's     
claim4  #f4 ,enforcement ,the ,attorney 
,general shall enforce violations of    
section #d and section #e4  #g4         
,effective date ,the provisions of this 
,act shall take effect immediately upon 
enactment4