S1574-119

In Committee

Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act

119th Congress Introduced May 1, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities. The main policy domain is Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities 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, civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act.
  • Section id3BE7D2F9A45C42569D19F6824768EA3C: 2. Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction under Stored Communications Act Section 2711 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.

Key Policy Areas

Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.

Policy Domains

Civil Rights Criminal Justice Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
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civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
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federal implementing agencies:
civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 1, 2025

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the …

May 1, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

May 1, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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?

Domains
Civil Rights Criminal Justice Defense
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"governmental entity" §id3BE7D2F9A45C42569D19F6824768EA3C

a department or agency of—(A)the United States

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