On March 26, 2015, the House of Representative introduced bill H.R. 1704, Personal Data Notification and Protection Act of 2015. Among other purposes, the bill aims at establishing a national data breach notification standard for business entities reaching a certain threshold.
The bill was assigned to a congressional committee on March 26, 2015, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.
More information on bill H.R. 1704 is available at https://www.govtrack.us… Open Pdf