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The Ranking Member of the House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) wants to call the American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA) (H.R. 8152 ) a "landmark achievement" because, if enacted, it would be the United States' first comprehensive federal privacy law; it would be the product of an unusual bipartisan and bicameral Congressional effort; and it would usher in a new federal right to privacy for all U.S. citizens relating to their data regardless of their state of residency. On June 3, 2022, the ADPPA was presented as a discussion draft; on June 14, 2022, the House Committee of Energy and Commerce held a three hour hearing entitled "Protecting America's Consumers: Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Data Privacy and Security" and heard from over 10 data privacy and cyber security experts; on June 23, 2022, the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee held an open markup session on the ADPPA forwarded the Bill (as amended) to the full Committee by a unanimous voice vote.