President Obama has called on Congress to enact a national data breach notification law. Despite the president’s call, no such bill has reached either the Senate or House floors in the current Congress. Business groups and consumer advocates with allies in Congress can’t agree on key provisions of the law. Data breach notification is regulated in most of the U.S. but on a state-by-state basis; 47 states have enacted laws. If Republicans take control of the 114th Congress, Leahy’s influence over legislation would be diminished.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/us-data-breach-notification-law-unlikely-in-2014-a-7453