A group of Republican senators is moving to make “doxxing” federal agents a federal crime, citing a sharp rise in targeted harassment against law enforcement.
Florida Senator Rick Scott introduced the Blocking Leaks Undermining Law Enforcement (BLUE) Act of 2026 on Wednesday, joined by six colleagues including Marsha Blackburn and Mike Lee.
The legislation specifically targets the intentional public release of an officer’s personal data—including their home address or real-time physical location—if the goal is to interfere with their duties or retaliate against them. Under the proposed law, sharing this information to physically disrupt law enforcement activities would carry criminal penalties.
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The bill arrives during National Police Week and follows reports of increased threats against agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Proponents of the bill argue that these “doxxing” attempts have evolved from online nuisances into serious physical security risks for officers and their families.
“It is despicable that radical left-wing protesters are routinely attacking federal law enforcement officers who risk their lives every day to protect Americans,” Senator Scott said in a statement accompanying the bill’s introduction. He argued that the legislation is a necessary response to “years of ‘defund the police’ rhetoric” and aims to keep the identities of officers’ families safe.
The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) has formally endorsed the measure. Mathew Silverman, the organization’s National President, noted that attacks on federal personnel have hit record highs.
“Perpetrators are becoming increasingly more brazen in targeted physical and doxing attacks on officers and their families,” Silverman said. He called the act a “commonsense bill” and urged Congress to move it quickly to the president’s desk.
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Beyond protecting standard personal details, the BLUE Act specifically expands the definition of “protected information” to include an officer’s expected location, whether they are on or off the clock. This is intended to prevent activists or criminal organizations from tracking agents’ movements to ambush or harass them outside of their official shifts.
The bill is currently cosponsored by Senators Tommy Tuberville, James Lankford, Ted Budd, and Mike Rounds. While the legislation is a direct response to recent surges in tension involving border and immigration enforcement, it would apply to all federal law enforcement branches across the country.
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