To require origin and location disclosure for new products of foreign origin offered for sale on the internet.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill reforms how the government can obtain gag orders preventing tech companies from telling customers about surveillance requests. It requires courts to make written findings before issuing such orders, limits them to 90 days (with possible extensions), and mandates annual public reporting on surveillance activities.
Who Benefits and How
Individuals subject to government surveillance benefit from stronger judicial oversight and time limits on secrecy. News media and journalists receive explicit protections with reporting on orders affecting First Amendment activities. Electronic service providers (tech companies) gain clearer rules and are no longer required to notify the government when gag orders expire.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Justice and federal prosecutors face new procedural requirements including written findings of fact and less restrictive alternative analysis. Courts must individually review each warrant before issuing gag orders. The Attorney General must compile and publish annual transparency reports.
Key Provisions
- Limits gag orders to 90-day periods requiring written judicial findings based on specific and articulable facts
- Requires courts to consider less restrictive alternatives before granting gag orders
- Mandates annual public reporting on surveillance warrants, gag orders, and outcomes including data on news media affected
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Reforms delayed notice and gag order procedures for government surveillance warrants, requiring judicial oversight, time limits, and annual transparency reporting
Key Policy Areas
Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Technology, Privacy
Primary Purpose
Reforms delayed notice and gag order procedures for government surveillance warrants, requiring judicial oversight, time limits, and annual transparency reporting
Policy Domains
Main Act - Delayed Notice Reform
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Individuals subject to government surveillance
- News media and journalists
- Electronic communications service providers
- Civil liberties advocates
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Justice
- Federal prosecutors
- Federal courts
- Attorney General
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReported by Ms. Cantwell, with an amendment
Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. Vance, Mr. Scott of Florida, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
E-commerce retailers selling foreign products, Online marketplaces (Amazon, eBay, etc.), Online stores selling foreign products
Positive-direction: Small online sellers (under 20k annual sales), Small sellers (under 20k annual/200 transactions)
Negative-direction: E-commerce retailers selling foreign products, Online marketplaces (Amazon, eBay, etc.), Online stores selling foreign products, Third-party sellers on online marketplaces
Customs and Border Protection, Federal Trade Commission
Foreign product importers and distributors, Product manufacturers and importers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_court"
- → Federal district courts
- "the_provider"
- → Electronic communications service or remote computing service providers
- "governmental_entity"
- → Federal law enforcement agencies seeking surveillance warrants
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General of the United States
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Government requests for stored communications and customer records from electronic service providers under the Stored Communications Act
Court orders allowing government to delay or prevent notification to customers about surveillance requests
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