House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PRIVACY Act
Official title: To prohibit Federal law enforcement agencies from using or accessing State or local surveillance equipment or data to circumvent warrant requirements, to establish a Jurisdictional Wall List of covered technologies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Keith Self R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9716.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SELF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 115, July 15, 2026, Page H4545):Congress has the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, including the regulation of federal law enforcement activities and the protection of constitutional rights, pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 375 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9716, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9716
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
097198a85b3c9765e3b789213aa13ceefb47378596dbd9f9412fb8350c99d851
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Andy Harris (R-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Keith Self.
- H.R. 6230 (119th) Tehran Incitement to Violence Act
- H.R. 6916 (119th) Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2026
- H.R. 7653 (119th) Biodefense Diplomacy Enhancement Act
- H.R. 7632 (119th) SHADOW Act
- H.R. 5853 (119th) To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under such Act.
- H.R. 6411 (119th) Preshevo Valley Discrimination Assessment Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.