S. 2851 — Protecting Americans from Doxing and Political Violence Act

This section defines terms for its provisions protecting covered information of at-risk individuals in public records, including "at-risk individual" (i.e., Members of Congress, their spouses, parents, siblings, children, in loco parentis wards, household members, designated congressional employees, or former Members); "covered information" (i.e., home addresses, personal telephone numbers or email addresses, Social Security or driver's license numbers, bank or credit/debit card account numbers, vehicle identifiers, children's identifying or school/day care information, employment commute routes, or non-anonymized geolocation data; excluding information in Federal Election Commission filings or candidate qualification records); and "data broker" (i.e., a commercial entity that collects and sells personal information about non-customers, excluding news organizations, directory assistance, consumer reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, financial institutions under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, HIPAA-covered entities, and specified incidental activities). It cross-references the definition of "covered employee" from the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301) and defines related terms such as "applicable legislative officers," "designated House employee," "designated Senate employee," "Member of Congress," "immediate family member," "candidate," "Government agency," and "transfer."