DOGE POUND Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2363 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2363 To prohibit the authorization of certain individuals to access certain systems containing individually identifiable health information. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 26, 2025 Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Pressley, and Ms. Sanchez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the authorization of certain individuals to access certain systems containing individually identifiable health information. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Data Of Government health Entities must be Protected from Overreach by Unelected Nonsecure Disruption Act of 2025'' or the ``DOGE POUND Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITING THE AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS CERTAIN SYSTEMS CONTAINING INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE HEALTH INFORMATION. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual may be authorized to use, exercise administrative control over, or otherwise access any specified system (as defined in subsection (d)), or any data from any such system, unless-- (1) such individual is an officer, employee, or contractor of the Department of Health and Human Services who-- (A) was otherwise eligible to access such system or data prior to January 20, 2025; and (B) continued to be otherwise eligible to access such system or data between January 20, 2025, and the date of access to such system or data; or (2) in the case of an individual not described in paragraph (1)-- (A) such individual holds a security clear