[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4324 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4324

 To prevent certain monitoring and interception by Federal authorities 
of Federal prisoner communications that are subject to attorney-client 
                               privilege.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2016

 Mr. Jeffries (for himself and Mr. Collins of Georgia) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prevent certain monitoring and interception by Federal authorities 
of Federal prisoner communications that are subject to attorney-client 
                               privilege.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Effective Assistance of Counsel in 
the Digital Era Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PRISONER COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO ATTORNEY-CLIENT 
              PRIVILEGE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) it shall be 
unlawful for any person acting under the authority of the United States 
to monitor any electronic communication (as defined in section 2510 of 
title 18, United States Code) to which a prisoner in a Bureau of 
Prisons correctional facility is a party, if that communication would 
be subject to attorney-client privilege were the prisoner not 
incarcerated.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to a communication 
the Attorney General has reason to believe poses a threat to national 
security.
    (c) Rules by Attorney General.--The Attorney General shall 
prescribe rules to carry out this section.
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