3.0.0 2986 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z Senate S 2016-05-25 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-25T18:01:04Z International Communications Privacy Act 114 5323 HR 2016-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2016-05-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2016-05-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2016-05-25 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2016-05-25 True Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Evidence and witnesses Government information and archives International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Right of privacy Telephone and wireless communication Trade agreements and negotiations Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2016-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-07T20:43:56Z International Communications Privacy Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code by allowing a governmental entity to require providers of electronic communication services or remote computing services to disclose the contents of communications in electronic storage (e.g., the cloud), regardless of where those communications are located. Thus, a governmental entity may obtain a warrant for electronic communications stored outside of the United States if certain conditions for obtaining the warrant are met.

The bill allows a governmental entity to obtain those communications only if a court finds that the governmental entity has taken all reasonable steps to establish the nationality and location of the subscriber or customer whose communications are sought and that there are reasonable grounds to believe that such subscriber or customer is a U.S. person, a person physically located within the United States, or a national of a foreign country that has a law enforcement cooperation agreement with the United States.

The Department of Justice must: (1) establish a process for foreign governments to file mutual legal assistance treaty requests for obtaining access to electronic communications, and (2) publish annually information concerning those requests.


]]> International Communications Privacy Act Display Title International Communications Privacy Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to safeguard data stored abroad, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced International Communications Privacy Act Introduced in Senate 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2986is/xml/BILLS-114s2986is.xml 2016-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.