The House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024. If the Senate approves the Act and it receives President Biden's signature, the bill will provide enhanced data privacy for Americans.

This legislation restricts data brokers from selling sensitive personal information of Americans to foreign adversaries of the United States, including China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran. The legislation defines a "data broker" as an entity that sells, trades, or makes available sensitive data of United States consumers. If approved by the Senate, it would become effective 60 days after enactment.

Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican from Washington said: "The legislation builds on our efforts in the House last week to pass H.R. 7521—with overwhelming and bipartisan support—and serves as an important complement to more comprehensive national data privacy legislation, which we remain committed to working together on. We're encouraged by today’s strong vote, which should help build momentum to get this important bipartisan legislation, as well as more comprehensive privacy legislation, signed into law this Congress." Rodgers proposed this legislation alongside Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey.

Contrary to the TikTok bill, this piece of legislation does not specify individual companies but instead imposes a limit on the capabilities of data brokers. According to an article by The Verge, if data brokers are found guilty of selling sensitive information to foreign adversaries, they could face penalties from the Federal Trade Commission. Currently there are no restrictions on who can purchase sensitive information from data brokers—posing a significant data security risk to American consumers. The Act would protect collected data such as travel patterns, political beliefs, personal interests and consumer health.