Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Home of Representatives have overwhelmingly handed Japanese Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ)’s laws to restrict how information brokers share American’s delicate data overseas.

The Defending People’ Knowledge from International Adversaries Act (H.R. 7520), which the 2 lawmakers led via the Home Power and Commerce Committee, handed by a unanimous vote of 414-0. After the vote, Rodgers and Pallone launched the next assertion:

“As we speak’s overwhelming vote sends a transparent message that we are going to not enable our adversaries to undermine American nationwide safety and particular person privateness by buying individuals’s personally identifiable delicate data from information brokers. H.R. 7520 is one other key step in the direction of strengthening information protections and safeguarding our nation from international adversaries.  

“The laws builds on our efforts within the Home final week to cross H.R. 7521—with overwhelming and bipartisan help—and serves as an essential complement to extra complete nationwide information privateness laws, which we stay dedicated to working collectively on. We’re inspired by at this time’s sturdy vote, which ought to assist construct momentum to get this essential bipartisan laws, in addition to extra complete privateness laws, signed into legislation this Congress.”

Final night time, Rodgers spoke on the Home flooring in help of her laws. You may watch her