3.0.0 2500 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z Senate S S 2014-06-19 113 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-06-19T19:43:50Z 2014-06-19 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2014-06-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000818 Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] John Walsh D MT E. N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2014-07-09 False P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2014-12-12 False Science, Technology, Communications Civil actions and liability Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications 00 2014-06-19 Introduced in Senate 2014-08-14T19:06:43Z American Digital Security and Commerce Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in coordinating standards and guidelines under the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act with agencies and offices operating or exercising control of national security systems (including the National Security Agency [NSA]), to assure that such agencies or offices do not intentionally weaken, circumvent, undermine, or create any mechanism through which a federal agency may bypass the privacy, security, or encryption protections included in any standard or guideline.

Prohibits agencies and offices that consult with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on information security policies from undermining such protective mechanisms.

Prohibits federal agencies from intercepting shipments of computer or electronic products for the purpose of intentionally introducing into the products a mechanism or device that would allow a federal agency to circumvent a product's privacy, security, or encryption protections.

Bars elements of the intelligence community from requiring, or contracting with, a manufacturer or developer of such products to place such a mechanism or device into its products.

Exempts from such mechanism placement prohibitions certain lawful surveillance activities pursuant to a court order under specified provisions of the federal criminal code or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (except with respect to procedures for targeting persons outside the United States other than U.S. persons).

Permits persons (including certain associations and corporations, but excluding foreign powers) who suffer an injury relating to a mechanism placed into product to bring a civil action against the United States to recover money damages.

]]> American Digital Security and Commerce Act of 2014 Display Title American Digital Security and Commerce Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to restrict the ability of the Federal Government to undermine privacy and encryption technology in commercial products and in NIST computer security and encryption standards. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced American Digital Security and Commerce Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2500is/xml/BILLS-113s2500is.xml 2014-06-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.