Surveillance Accountability Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Surveillance Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Criminal Justice, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
technology companies and users of digital services 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, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HEC3C44CBCB9640D8B6597FCD7C81632A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Surveillance Accountability Act.
- Section H5EABBCFF3A22480CB3B98FEC9A3A307E: 2. Warrant requirement for searches Chapter 205 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 3119.Searches to...
- Section HDED5F86BDFE14B96BF6DA81DDE89F636: 3119. Searches to accord with the Fourth Amendment Except as provided in subsection (b), no search may be conducted without a warrant issued by a neutral and...
- Section H0F0F632487FF4644AE306B5FF0BC6846: 3. Right of action for violations of Fourth Amendment rights The Revised Statutes are amended by inserting after section 1979 the following: 1979A.Deprivation...
- Section HEBE5EBDBA996438A894B54317BB3F4AF: 1979A. Deprivation of Fourth Amendment rights Every person, including a Federal employee, who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Surveillance Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Criminal Justice, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, Surveillance Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- technology companies and users of digital services
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- technology companies and users of digital services
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Mr. Massie (for himself and Ms. Boebert) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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