Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Technology.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H69B17DC768864B628E6D52758220C8E6: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026.
- Section H5425318F94DC43CB8F2D17F893C09AF9: 2. Criminal surveillance orders Part II of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 206 the following: 206ACriminal surveillance...
- Section HE21D17B68FF94408B6F5822B5BBE4A80: 3131. Definitions In this chapter: The term application— means an application for a criminal surveillance order; and includes all supporting affidavits and...
- Section H38CD8A75AEA243CDA55570EBC4F05E84: 3132. Criminal surveillance orders Except as provided in paragraph (2), a court may not seal a criminal surveillance order, application, or inventory for a...
- Section H068DC8B463C14ACCAEF5A6F42F8EE92F: 3133. Request for unsealing or challenging redactions Any person may submit a request to a court to— unseal an application for a criminal surveillance order, a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Technology
Primary Purpose
This bill, Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Ted Lieu
D-CA | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Mr. Lieu (for himself and Mr. Davidson) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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