To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify delayed notice requirements, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Reforms non-disclosure orders (gag orders) that prevent tech companies from notifying customers about law enforcement requests for their data. Limits orders to 90 days and requires judicial findings.
Who Benefits and How
Technology companies gain clearer rules on customer notification. Customers benefit from eventual notification of government access to their data. Privacy advocates achieve procedural safeguards.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Law enforcement faces stricter requirements for obtaining non-disclosure orders. Courts must issue written findings for each order. Prosecutors must demonstrate specific facts justifying secrecy.
Key Provisions
- Limits non-disclosure orders to 90 days
- Requires court to issue written findings of fact for gag orders
- Mandates articulable facts showing notification would cause harm
Evidence Chain:
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Primary Purpose
Reforms delayed notification requirements for law enforcement access to electronic communications
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Add procedural protections to surveillance gag orders"
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