Protecting Agricultural Borrower Information Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5150 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5150

To strengthen privacy protections for recipients of loans and payments
                 processed by the Farm Service Agency.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 4, 2025

      Mrs. McClain Delaney (for herself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Larson of
Connecticut, and Ms. Elfreth) introduced the following bill; which was
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL

To strengthen privacy protections for recipients of loans and payments
                 processed by the Farm Service Agency.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Agricultural Borrower
Information Act''.

SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING OF PRIVACY PROTECTIONS FOR RECIPIENTS OF LOANS
              AND PAYMENTS PROCESSED BY THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY.

    Section 339 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1989) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Privacy Protections.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for the Secretary
        or any officer or employee of the Farm Service Agency to
        disclose information provided pursuant to this Act by an
        applicant for, or a recipient of, a benefit under this Act,
        to--
                    ``(A) a special government employee, as defined in
                section 202 of title 18, United States Code; or
                    ``(B) a government employee detailed to the Farm
                Service Agency under section 3341 of title 5 of such
                Code.
            ``(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any of
        the following:
                    ``(A) Disclosure in statistical or aggregate
                form.--Information that has been transformed into a
                statistical or aggregate form which does not allow
                identification of the provider.
                    ``(B) Consent of provider.--Disclosure with the
                consent of the provider, if the consent is not provided
                a condition of participation in, or receipt of a
                benefit under, a program administered by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Violations; penalties.--Whoever knowingly violates
        this subsection shall be fined not more than $10,000,
        imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.''.
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