House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protect Veterans from the THIEF Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, 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 Department.
Sponsor: Rep. Nikki Budzinski D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7241.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUDZINSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 19, January 27, 2026, Page H1915):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7241, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikki Budzinski.
- H.R. 2034 (119th) Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act
- H.R. 3863 (119th) VA Mental Health Outreach and Engagement Act
- H.R. 2103 (119th) Protect Postal Performance Act
- H.R. 8076 (119th) PREDICT Act
- H.R. 7938 (119th) Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026
- H.R. 3183 (119th) SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 7280 (119th) Veteran DATA ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.