,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjbf,ms4 ,budzinski 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,barrett7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to prohibit the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs from   
entering into a contract pursuant to    
which the contractor may sell sensitive 
personal information maintained by the  
,secretary and to ensure the protection 
of personal information in certain      
contracts of the ,department4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veteran ,data ,accountability for  
,third-party ,actors ,act or the        
,veteran ,,data ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition 
of the sale of sensitive personal       
information maintained by the ,secretary
 of ,veterans ,affairs ,section #egbe of
 title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended by adding at the end the        

following new subsection3  7d7          
,prohibition of sale of sensitive       
personal information ,the ,secretary may
 not enter into a contract that permits 
the contractor to sell 7or otherwise    
disclose for consideration7 sensitive   
personal information to another entity4 
4  #c4 ,protection of personal          
information in contracts of the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,in general ,not later than one year    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs shall-- 7#a7 ensure that each  
covered contract includes1 or is        
modified to include1 a clause           
prohibiting covered information from    
being monetized1 sold1 or otherwise     
misused by any contractor1 including any
 subcontractor or affiliate thereof1 or 
other non-,department of ,veterans      
,affairs entity2 and  7#b7 issue a      
directive or other policy providing     
guidance to employees and contractors of
 the ,department on how to identify the 

monetization1 sale1 or misuse of covered
 information in order to ensure         
contractors are in compliance with      
clauses in covered contracts included   
pursuant to paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,report
 ,not later than one year after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional committees a  
report that includes-- 7#a7 a copy of   
the contract clause required by         
subsection 7a77#a72  7#b7 the guidance  
required by subsection 7a77#b72 and     
7#c7 a summary of any other actions     
taken to comply with subsection 7a74    
7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means the ,committees on     
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,senate4  7#b7 
,the term covered contract means a      
contract of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs that provides for the handling
 of covered information and is entered  
into-- 7,a7 after the date of the       

enactment of this ,act2 or  7,b7 before 
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
and does not expire before the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4  7#c7 ,the  
term covered information-- 7,a7 means   
protected health information or         
personally identifiable information1    
including such information that has been
 anonymized2 and  7,b7 includes         
information protected under-- 7i7       
section #eeb;a of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code2  7ii7 section #egja or   
#gccb of title #ch ,united ,states      
,code2  7iii7 parts #afj1 #afa1 and #afd
 of title #de1 ,code of ,federal        
,regulations2 and  7iv7 any other       
provision of law1 as determined by the  
,secretary4