Public Law 118 - 39 - Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act

[118th Congress Public Law 39]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 118-39
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect personally identifiable 
   information, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Feb. 9, 2024 -  [H.R. 
                                1568]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Moving Americans 
Privacy Protection Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 19 USC 1654 note.>>  SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Moving Americans Privacy Protection 
Act''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 431(c) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431(c)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2)(A) The information listed in paragraph (1) shall not be 
available for public disclosure if--
            ``(i) the Secretary of the Treasury makes an affirmative 
        finding on a shipment-by-shipment basis that disclosure is 
        likely to pose a threat of personal injury or property damage; 
        or
            ``(ii) the information is exempt under the provisions of 
        section 552(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code.

    ``(B) The Secretary shall ensure that any personally identifiable 
information, including Social Security numbers and passport numbers, is 
removed from any manifest signed, produced, delivered, or electronically 
transmitted under this section before access to the manifest is provided 
to the public.''.
    (b) <<NOTE: 19 USC 1431 note.>>  Effective Date.--The amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

    Approved February 9, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1568 (S. 758):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-287 (Comm. on Ways and Means).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            Jan. 16, 18, considered and passed House.
            Jan. 31, considered and passed Senate.

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