S3850-119

In Committee

Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 11, 2026

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

The bill creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. It relies on grants, reporting requirements, and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Labor.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2.

Key Policy Areas

Labor

Primary Purpose

The bill creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2.

Policy Domains

Labor

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 11, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 11, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 11, 2026

Mr. Wyden (for himself and Ms. Lummis) 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?

Domains
Labor
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"monitoring" §ide3ad16db1f774841b2b2995e87242826

accessing the contents of an electronic communication at the time that, or anytime after, such communication is sent

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