S4280-119

Introduced

SAFE Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 13, 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

This bill, SAFE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Criminal Justice, Technology.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators 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 may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Security And Freedom Enhancement Act of 2026 or the SAFE Act. The table of contents for this Act...
  • Section id4219F90A5B54477BA5EBC3297C369E90: 101. Query procedure reform The Department of Justice shall conduct an audit that reviews each covered query, as defined in paragraph (8) of section 702(f) of...
  • Section ide107e31b107d42f5981544baa525f184: 102. Annual reports Section 707 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881f) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c)Annual...
  • Section id2ab3d178c75f4ebfa690e5546704453b: 103. Accountability and reporting procedures for compliance violations relating to queries conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Title VII of the...
  • Section iddf9c423d0e7349b5b8ba00a538133487: 710. Accountability procedures for incidents relating to queries conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation The Director of the Federal Bureau of...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, SAFE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Criminal Justice, Technology

Primary Purpose

This bill, SAFE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Criminal Justice Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 14, 2026

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under …

Apr 14, 2026

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Apr 13, 2026

Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on …

Apr 13, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 13, 2026

Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Durbin) 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
Government Operations Criminal Justice Technology
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

3 terms
"covered query" §id4219F90A5B54477BA5EBC3297C369E90

a query that— is conducted using 1 or more terms associated with 1 or more covered persons, including but not limited to personally identifiable information

"obtain in exchange for anything of value" §id61615acbc11b424fa0bed408638c52f1

to obtain by purchasing, to receive in connection with services being provided for monetary or nonmonetary consideration, or to otherwise obtain in exchange for consideration, including an access fee, service fee, maintenance fee, or licensing fee

"covered person" §idedc959f7e7384fd1b8bb384e8b8150bb

an individual who— is reasonably believed to be located in the United States at the time of the creation or acquisition of the covered data

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