Emergency Assistance Privacy Protection Act of 2026

This Act may be cited as the Emergency Assistance Privacy Protection Act of 2026 .

(a) In general. The Secretary of Homeland Security may not use any personally identifiable information collected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide assistance pursuant to the declaration of a major disaster or emergency under section 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ; 5191) for the purpose of enforcing the immigration laws (as such term is defined under section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ).

(b) Personally identifiable information. The term personally identifiable information means any information that— (1) can be used to distinguish or trace the identity of an individual, such as a name, residential address, a social security number, an alien registration number, a date and place of birth, or a parent's maiden name; or (2) any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by an agency, including their education, financial transactions, medical history, criminal history, or employment history that contains a name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a fingerprint, voice print, or photograph.