Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Technology.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors 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, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors 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 Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026.
- Section idC4F5C31D3FF446C59BDA9BABE6840571: 2. Criminal surveillance orders Part II of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 206 the following: 206A Criminal surveillance...
- Section id638FCB0253F54A9B964778FB9E731888: 3131. Definitions In this chapter: The term application— means an application for a criminal surveillance order; and includes all supporting affidavits and...
- Section idc69ac5c0224c46d291ac44e03b81ed9b: 3132. Criminal surveillance orders Except as provided in paragraph (2), a court may not seal a criminal surveillance order, application, or inventory for a...
- Section idD2468EEDDDCB4BFFAB9DCACCE66659FC: 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...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Technology
Primary Purpose
This bill, Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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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