H.R. 7799: Public Servant Protection Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-05-17 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-05-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Public Servant Protection Act of 2022

Plain summary

Public Servant Protection Act of 2022 This bill allows government officials to demand that persons and interactive computer service providers (e.g., social media companies) remove certain forms of their personal information from the internet. Specifically, a federal, state, territorial, tribal, or local government official may make a demand in writing for the removal of the official's (or an immediate family member's) home address or home phone number that is publicly displayed online. Within 48 hours of receiving a demand, a person displaying the address or phone number online must remove it and may not publicly display a removed address or phone number online during the 4-year period following receipt of the demand. A provider must also remove within 48 hours of receiving a demand the address or phone number publicly displayed through its service. Officials may sue a person or provider for failing to remove an applicable address or phone number. Courts may award to an aggrieved official injunctive relief, the greater of actual damages or $1,000, and reasonable costs and attorney's fees.

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Official text

Public Servant Protection Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] · 2 cosponsors

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Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] reported raising $5.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr7799.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7799 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117