1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Investors’ Personally Identifiable Information Act . 2. Personally identifiable information excluded from consolidated audit trail reporting requirements (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission. (2) Personally identifiable information The term personally identifiable information — (A) means information that can be used to distinguish or trace the identity of an individual, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to that individual, including the name, address, date or year of birth, Social Security number, telephone number, email address, or IP-address of the individual; and (B) does not include a CAT-Order-ID or CAT-Reporter-ID, as those terms are defined in section 242.613(j) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (b) Prohibition Except as provided in subsection (c), the Commission may not require a national securities exchange, a national securities association, or a member of such an exchange or association to provide personally identifiable information with respect to a market participant to meet the requirements relating to an order or a reportable event under section 242.613(c)(7) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (c) Exception The Commission may only require a national securities exchange, a national securities association, or a member of such an exchange or association to provide personally identifiable information with respect to a market participant, as described in subsection (b), if— (1) the Commission makes a request for that information; and (2) the information is related to an investigation of— (A) a violation of the Federal securities laws or a regulation issued under the Federal securities laws