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A bill to place restrictions on searches and seizures of electronic devices at the border.

Introduced: February 27, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1249)
Feb 27, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from searching or seizing an electronic device at the international border except in certain circumstances where a manual or a forensic search or a seizure is justified by a reasonable suspicion or probable cause that the person transporting the device is carrying contraband or illegally transporting goods or persons. The bill sets forth procedures for initiating searches and seizures of electronic devices at the border.

What's happening now February 27, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1249)

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Daines, Steve
Montana · Feb 27, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2462: A bill to place restrictions on searches and seizures of electronic devices at the border.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2462/
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"S. 2462: A bill to place restrictions on searches and seizures of electronic devices at the border.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2462/.
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S. 2462, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2462/.
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