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H.R. 6404: House Staff Privacy Act

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H.R. 6404: House Staff Privacy Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-12-06 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-12-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

House Staff Privacy Act

Plain summary

House Staff Privacy Act - Amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to: (1) exclude from the public reports on disbursements of the House of Representatives any information on salaries paid to individual employees of the House or on payments for services rendered by any individual who received a salary for rendering them; but (2) include in such reports the aggregate amount of payments made for salaries of individuals employed by each office of a Member of the House.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

House Staff Privacy Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] · 4 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] reported raising $306,823 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6404 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109