What This Bill Does · Plain English
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This is a House resolution of inquiry that formally requests the President and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide the House of Representatives with documents related to a specific data access incident. It seeks information about requests and authorizations for a body called the 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE) to access sensitive, legally-protected identity and financial data on tens of millions of Americans stored in the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) and the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS). The resolution asks for details on the data's security, internal legal opinions, related personnel changes, and the scope of the data request.
Action Timeline
2025-04-09
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-04-09
Submitted in House
2025-04-09
Submitted in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HRES.314 pass?
HRES.314 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 70%.
What does HRES.314 do?
This is a House resolution of inquiry that formally requests the President and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide the House of Representatives with documents related to a specific data access incident. It seeks information about requests and authorizations for a body called the 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE) to access sensitive, legally-protected identity and financial data on tens of millions of Americans stored in the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) and the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS). The resolution asks for details on the data's sec…
Who sponsored HRES.314?
HRES.314 was sponsored by Danny K. Davis (D-Illinois).
Full Bill Text
119 HRES 314 IH: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the effect on taxpayer and child privacy of the seizure by the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” of legally-protected identity and financial data stored in the National Directory of New Hires and the Federal Parent Locator Service. U.S. House of Representatives 2025-04-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IV 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 314 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2025 Mr. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Neal , Mr. Doggett , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Sewell , Ms. DelBene , Ms. Chu , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania , Mr. Schneider , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Horsford , Ms. Plaskett , and Mr. Suozzi ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means RESOLUTION Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the effect on taxpayer and child privacy of the seizure by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency of legally-protected identity and financial data stored in the National Directory of New Hires and the Federal Parent Locator Service. That the President of the United States is requested, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed, to transmit, to the extent that such documents are in the possession of the President or the Secretary, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, audio recording, memorandum, call log, correspondence (electronic or otherwise), activity logs, audit trails, audit logs, written agreements, or other communication or any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to the following: (1) Any request from the United States DOGE Service (commonly referred to as the Department of Government Efficiency or “DOGE”), and any authorization provided to DOGE, to access any information on any American worker which is protected under section 453 of the Social Security Act or section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and stored in the National Database of New Hires (in this resolution referred to as NDNH ). (2) The location of, and data security protections applied to, any copies of all or part of the data made by DOGE employees. (3) Prior legal opinions or other internal communications regarding requests to access NDNH data for purposes not specified in such section 453 or without a negotiated memorandum of understanding setting forth conditions of access, limiting the number of individuals with access, or requiring training, background checks, and other qualifications for those individuals accessing the data. (4) Any request from DOGE for any confidential financial information or personally identifiable information of more than 40,000,000 Americans, including over 19,000,000 which is stored in the Federal Parent Locator Service (in this resolution referred to as FPLS ), which is used to facilitate child support payments to children from non-custodial parents. (5) Staff terminations, retirements, or resignations of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services with responsibilities related to the FPLS or the NDNH after the date of the first request by DOGE for information stored in the Federal Case Registry. (6) Any attempt by DOGE employees to access information obtained pursuant to section 453(a)(2) of the Social Security Act.
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