Special Operator Protection Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7136 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7136

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit doxing of special 
             operations personnel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 16, 2026

  Mr. Hudson (for himself and Mr. Harrigan) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit doxing of special 
             operations personnel, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Special Operator Protection Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 120. Protection of special operations personnel
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Covered person.--The term `covered person' means--
                    ``(A) a member of the special operations forces;
                    ``(B) an employee of the Department of Defense or a 
                member of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 
                101(a) of title 10) designated by the Secretary of 
                Defense who conducts or participates in Department of 
                Defense sensitive activities (as defined in section 
                130g of title 10); or
                    ``(C) a Federal law enforcement officer assigned or 
                attached to, or performing duty with a member of, the 
                special operations forces.
            ``(2) Crime of violence.--The term `crime of violence' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 16.
            ``(3) Immediate family.--The term `immediate family' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 115(c).
            ``(4) Restricted personal information.--The term 
        `restricted personal information' means, with respect to an 
        individual--
                    ``(A) the individual's name in connection with the 
                individual's place of employment;
                    ``(B) a visual depiction of the individual's face 
                or likeness in connection with the individual's name 
                and place of employment;
                    ``(C) a visual depiction of the individual's home 
                in connection with the individual's name and place of 
                employment;
                    ``(D) the date of birth, Social Security number, 
                home address, home phone number, mobile phone number, 
                personal email, or home fax number of, and identifiable 
                to, the individual; or
                    ``(E) the individual's biometric data.
    ``(b) Offense.--It shall be unlawful to knowingly make restricted 
personal information about a covered person, or a member of the 
immediate family of that covered person, publicly available--
            ``(1) with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite 
        the commission of a crime of violence against the covered 
        person or a member of the immediate family of the covered 
        person; or
            ``(2) with the intent and knowledge that the restricted 
        personal information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or 
        facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against that 
        covered person or a member of the immediate family of the 
        covered person.
    ``(c) Penalties.--Any person who violates subsection (b)--
            ``(1) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not 
        more than 5 years, or both; or
            ``(2) if death or serious bodily injury results from the 
        violation, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for any 
        term of years or for life, or both.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``120. Protection of special operations personnel.''.
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