US Congress House Bill 2277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on May 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Password Protection Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to subject to a fine any employer who knowingly and intentionally: compels or coerces any person to provide the employer with a password or similar information to access a protected computer not owned by such employer; or discharges, disciplines, discriminates, or threatens to take such actions, against any person who fails to authorize access to such computer, has filed a complaint or instituted a proceeding regarding such action, or testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of a court of competent jurisdiction to grant equitable relief in a civil action, if the court believes that the information sought to be obtained is relevant to protecting the intellectual property, a trade secret, or confidential business information of the party seeking relief. Exempts an employer's actions from such prohibition if: the employer discharges or disciplines an individual for good cause; the employer complies with federal or state laws or regulations governing brokers, dealers, and investment advisers; a state enacts a law that specifically waives such prohibition with respect to a particular class of state or agency employees and the employer's action relates to an employee in such class; or an executive agency, military department, or other executive branch entity specifically waives the prohibition with respect to a particular class of employees who may have access to classified information.

Password Protection Act of 2015

Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-05-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-05-12	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2277/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2277/BILLS-114hr2277ih.pdf