To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill repeals section 213 of title II of division C of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026. It also repeals the amendments made by that section and states that they have no force or effect. In practical terms, the bill removes a recently enacted framework involving notice to Senate offices when legal process seeks disclosure of Senate data.
Who Benefits and How
Senate administrative offices, Senate data custodians, Senate Legal Counsel staff, Senate technology administrators, and entities seeking legal process for Senate data benefit from reduced procedural complexity because the repealed notification framework no longer has to be administered or navigated.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Senate offices whose data is sought, senators' office staff, Senate privacy reviewers, and people who favored the repealed notice framework lose a statutory notice process that could have flagged or structured responses to legal demands for Senate data.
Key Provisions
- Repeals section 213 of title II of division C of the 2026 continuing appropriations law.
- Repeals the amendments made by that section.
- Removes the force and effect of the Senate data-disclosure legal-process notification framework.
- Reduces administrative obligations tied to Senate data legal-process notices.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Repeals section 213 of title II of division C of the 2026 continuing appropriations law and repeals the amendments made by that section, eliminating the Senate data-disclosure legal-process notification framework and making it without force or effect.
Key Policy Areas
Congressional Administration, Legal Process, Data Governance
Primary Purpose
Repeals section 213 of title II of division C of the 2026 continuing appropriations law and repeals the amendments made by that section, eliminating the Senate data-disclosure legal-process notification framework and making it without force or effect.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Senate administrative offices
- Senate data custodians
- Senate Legal Counsel staff
- Senate technology administrators
- Entities seeking legal process for Senate data
Identified Costs
- Senate offices whose data is sought
- Senators' office staff
- Senate privacy reviewers
- People who favored the repealed notice framework
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseMr. Austin Scott of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Griffith, Mr. …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Senate Legal Counsel staff, Senate administrative offices, Senate data custodians
Positive-direction: Senate Legal Counsel staff, Senate administrative offices, Senate data custodians
Negative-direction: Senate offices whose data is sought
Entities seeking legal process for Senate data
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "section_213"
- → Senate data-disclosure legal-process notification provision
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