,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #diha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #h1  
#bjbj,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself   
and ,mrs4 ,fischer7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to support research on    
privacy enhancing technologies and      
promote responsible data use1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,promoting     
,digital ,privacy ,technologies ,act4   
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,personal data ,the term personal data  
means information that identifies1 is   
linked1 or is reasonably linkable to1 an
 individual or a consumer device1       
including derived data4  7#b7 ,privacy  
enhancing technology ,the term privacy  
enhancing technology-- 7,a7 means any   
software solution1 technical processes1 
or other technological means of         
enhancing the privacy and               

confidentiality of an individual's      
personal data in data or sets of data2  
and  7,b7 includes anonymization and    
pseudonymization techniques1 filtering  
tools1 anti-tracking technology1        
differential privacy tools1 synthetic   
data1 and secure multi-party            
computation4  #c4 ,national ,science    
,foundation support of research on      
privacy enhancing technology ,the       
,director of the ,national ,science     
,foundation1 in consultation with other 
relevant ,federal agencies 7as          
determined by the ,director71 shall     
support merit-reviewed and competitively
 awarded research on privacy enhancing  
technologies1 which may include-- 7#a7  
fundamental research on technologies for
 de-identification1 pseudonymization1   
anonymization1 or obfuscation of        
personal data in data sets while        
maintaining fairness1 accuracy1 and     
efficiency2  7#b7 fundamental research  
on algorithms and other similar         
mathematical tools used to protect      

individual privacy when collecting1     
storing1 sharing1 or aggregating data2  
7#c7 fundamental research on            
technologies that promote data          
minimization principles in data         
collection1 sharing1 and analytics2 and 
7#d7 research awards on privacy         
enhancing technologies coordinated with 
other relevant ,federal agencies and    
programs4  #d4 ,integration into the    
computer and network security program   
,subparagraph 7,d7 of section #d7;a77#a7
 of the ,cyber ,security ,research and  
,development ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4        
#gdjc7;a77#a77;,d77 is amended to read  
as follows3  7,d7 privacy enhancing     
technologies and confidentiality2  4    
#e4 ,coordination with the ,national    
,institute of ,standards and ,technology
 and other stakeholders  7a7 ,in general
 ,the ,director of the ,office of       
,science and ,technology ,policy1 acting
 through the ,networking and            
,information ,technology ,research and  
,development ,program1 shall coordinate 

with the ,director of the ,national     
,science ,foundation1 the ,director of  
the ,national ,institute of ,standards  
and ,technology1 and the ,federal ,trade
 ,commission to accelerate the          
development and use of privacy enhancing
 technologies4  7b7 ,outreach ,the      
,director of the ,national ,institute of
 ,standards and ,technology shall       
conduct outreach to-- 7#a7 receive input
 from private1 public1 and academic     
stakeholders1 including the ,national   
,institutes of ,health and the ,centers 
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention   
for the purpose of facilitating public  
health research1 on the development of  
privacy enhancing technologies2 and     
7#b7 develop ongoing public and private 
sector engagement to create and         
disseminate voluntary1 consensus-based  
resources to increase the integration of
 privacy enhancing technologies in data 
collection1 sharing1 and analytics by   
the public and private sectors4  #f4    
,report on research and standards       

development ,not later than #b years    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,director of the ,office of   
,science and ,technology ,policy1 acting
 through the ,networking and            
,information ,technology ,research and  
,development ,program1 shall1 in        
coordination with the ,director of the  
,national ,science ,foundation and the  
,director of the ,national ,institute of
 ,standards and ,technology1 submit to  
the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1  
and ,transportation of the ,senate1 the 
,subcommittee on ,commerce1 ,justice1   
,science1 and ,related ,agencies of the 
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate1 the ,committee on ,science1    
,space1 and ,technology of the ,house of
 ,representatives1 and the ,subcommittee
 on ,commerce1 ,justice1 ,science1 and  
,related ,agencies of the ,committee on 
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives1 a report containing-- 
7#a7 the progress of research on privacy
 enhancing technologies2  7#b7 the      

progress of the development of voluntary
 resources described under section      
#e7;b77#b72 and  7#c7 any policy        
recommendations of the ,directors that  
could facilitate and improve            
communication and coordination between  
the private sector1 the ,national       
,science ,foundation1 and relevant      
,federal agencies through the           
implementation of privacy enhancing     
technologies4