S. 4528: Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-07-13 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 616.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-07-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 616. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022

Plain summary

Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022 This bill establishes the Improving Digital Identity Task Force to establish a government-wide effort to develop secure methods for governmental agencies to protect the privacy and security of individuals and support reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the public and private sectors. The Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress a report on the estimated potential savings, due to the increased adoption and widespread use of digital identification, of (1) the federal government from averted fraud, and (2) the U.S. economy and consumers from averted identity theft.

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Official text

Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 4528, Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022 (2022-10-21)

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Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s4528.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s4528 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117