Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 2. Criminal surveillance orders Part II of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 206 the following: 206A Criminal surveillance, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3131, and expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 3132. Criminal surveillance orders Except as provided in paragraph (2), a court may not seal a criminal surveillance order, application, or inventory for a. It relies on compliance mandates, grants, appropriations, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Technology, Defense, Criminal Justice, and Transportation.
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
- Expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 2. Criminal surveillance orders Part II of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 206 the following: 206A Criminal surveillance...
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3131.
- Expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 3132. Criminal surveillance orders Except as provided in paragraph (2), a court may not seal a criminal surveillance order, application, or inventory for a...
- Creates introduces a neutral technical change provision: 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...
- Expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 3. Notice to courts of unlawful surveillance Section 2703(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by striking A court order and inserting the following: (1)...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 2. Criminal surveillance orders Part II of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 206 the following: 206A Criminal surveillance, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3131, and expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 3132. Criminal surveillance orders Except as provided in paragraph (2), a court may not seal a criminal surveillance order, application, or inventory for a.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Defense, Criminal Justice, Transportation
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 2. Criminal surveillance orders Part II of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 206 the following: 206A Criminal surveillance, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3131, and expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 3132. Criminal surveillance orders Except as provided in paragraph (2), a court may not seal a criminal surveillance order, application, or inventory for a.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeIntroduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Lee, and Mr. …
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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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