Senate Data: Repealing Notification Rules for Legal Requests
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- This bill cancels a rule that required Senate offices to be told when their digital data or records were being requested through legal means, such as a court order or subpoena.
- By removing this requirement, legal authorities may no longer have to give a warning to a Senator's office when they are looking for information stored on Senate computers or servers.
- The change specifically undoes a part of a previous funding law, effectively returning the rules for handling Senate data requests to how they were in the past.
- This action mostly affects internal government procedures and how law enforcement interacts with Congress during investigations, rather than the general public.
Milestones
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 426 - 0 (Roll no. 301). (text: CR H4790)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 426 - 0 (Roll no. 301). (text: CR H4790)
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4808)
Vote Results
1 voteOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes.
Sponsor
Cosponsors
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