,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ggii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ag1 #bjbb,mr4  
,hill introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition  
to the ,committees on ,oversight and    
,reform1 ,house ,administration1 and the
 ,judiciary1 for a period to be         
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to regulate the posting of  
personal information of government      
officials on the internet1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,public ,servant    
,protection ,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,privacy
 of personal information of government  
officials  7a7 ,definitions ,in this    
section3  7#a7 ,government official ,the
 term government official means-- 7,a7  
any officer or employee described in    
section #aaad of title #ah ,united      

,states ,code2 and  7,b7 any officer or 
employee of a ,state1 a political       
subdivision of a ,state1 or a ,tribal   
government4  7#b7 ,immediate family     
member ,the term immediate family member
 has the meaning given the term in      
section #aae of title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,interactive       
computer service ,the term interactive  
computer service has the meaning given  
the term in section #bcj of the         
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bcj74  7#d7 ,personal        
information ,the term personal          
information means--  7,a7 a home        
address2 or  7,b7 a home phone number4  
7#e7 ,state ,the term ,state means any  
,state of the ,united ,states1 the      
,district of ,columbia1 the             
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 the     
,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 ,american      
,samoa1 the ,commonwealth of the        
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 and any    
possession of the ,united ,states4  7#f7
 ,tribal government ,the term ,tribal   

government has the meaning given the    
term ,indian tribal government in       
section #ajb of the ,robert ,t4         
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eabb74  7b7 ,written demand  
to persons  7#a7 ,in general ,a         
government official may directly1 or    
through an agent designated by the      
government official1 make a written     
demand to a person to refrain from      
publicly displaying on the internet the 
personal information of the government  
official or an immediate family member  
of the government official4  7#b7       
,effect of written demand ,if a         
government official makes a written     
demand to a person under paragraph 7#a71
 the person--  7,a7 shall1 not later    
than #dh hours after the receipt of the 
written demand1 remove any personal     
information of the government official  
or an immediate family member of the    
government official displayed on the    
internet by the person2 and  7,b7 during

 the #d-year period following the date  
of the receipt of the written demand1   
may not publicly display on the internet
 the personal information of the        
government official or an immediate     
family member of the government         
official4  7c7 ,written demand to       
interactive computer service providers  
7#a7 ,in general ,a government official 
may directly1 or through an agent       
designated by the government official1  
make a written demand to the provider of
 an interactive computer service to     
remove the personal information of the  
government official or an immediate     
family member of the government official
 that is publicly displayed on the      
interactive computer service4  7#b7     
,effect of written demand ,if a         
government official makes a written     
demand to the provider of an interactive
 computer service under paragraph 7#a71 
the provider shall1 not later than #dh  
hours after the receipt of the written  
demand1 remove from the interactive     

computer service any personal           
information of the government official  
or an immediate family member of the    
government official that is publicly    
displayed on the interactive computer   
service4  7d7 ,cause of action  7#a7 ,in
 general ,a government official who is  
aggrieved by a violation of subsection  
7b77#b7 or 7c77#b7 may bring a civil    
action against the person or the        
provider of an interactive computer     
service1 respectively1 that violated    
that subsection in an appropriate       
district court of the ,united ,states4  
7#b7 ,relief ,in an action under        
paragraph 7#a71 the court may award--   
7,a7 injunctive relief2  7,b7 if injury 
or damage results from the violation of 
paragraph subsection 7b77#b7 or 7c77#b71
 the greater of--  7i7 actual damages2  
or  7ii7 #a1jjj2 and  7,c7 reasonable   
costs and attorney's fees4