H.R. 4311 · 118th Congress

DELETE Act

Introduced on Jun 22, 2023 by Lori Trahan (D-MA-3). 3 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 23, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 22, 2023
Cosponsors
3
1 from the other party
Policy area
Commerce
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To establish a centralized system to allow individuals to request the simultaneous deletion of their personal information across all data brokers, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Business records
  • Consumer affairs
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Federal preemption
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Right of privacy
  • User charges and fees

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Lori TrahanD-MA-3Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 22, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 22, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 22, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Jun 23, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS5 reports
    $5.1M reported (all issues)
  2. EXPERIAN NORTH AMERICA, INC5 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  3. THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY5 reports
    $3.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100%
  4. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.