[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 726 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 726

     To prohibit Federal agencies from mandating the deployment of 
             vulnerabilities in data security technologies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2015

 Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. Massie, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Poe of Texas, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Polis, Mr. O'Rourke, and Mr. Nadler) 
    introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Select 
 Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To prohibit Federal agencies from mandating the deployment of 
             vulnerabilities in data security technologies.

    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 ``Secure Data Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DATA SECURITY VULNERABILITY MANDATES.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no agency 
may mandate or request that a manufacturer, developer, or seller of 
covered products design or alter the security functions in its product 
or service to allow the surveillance of any user of such product or 
service, or to allow the physical search of such product, by any 
agency.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to mandates 
authorized under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act 
(47 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``agency'' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 3502 of title 44, United States Code; and
            (2) the term ``covered product'' means any computer 
        hardware, computer software, or electronic device that is made 
        available to the general public.
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