Protecting Americans’ Privacy Act of 2025

This bill makes it unlawful for certain individuals to access or exercise administrative control over any Department of the Treasury public money receipt or payment system. The bill also makes it unlawful to disclose return or return information to certain individuals by means of access to such Treasury system.

Under the bill, it is unlawful for an individual to knowingly access or exercise administrative control over any Treasury (including the Bureau of Fiscal Service) public money receipt or payment system if the individual is

not a federal employee or federal contractor (with at least one year of continuous service);

a federal employee who holds a certain position within or is the board member of a business, organization, or institution;

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.