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S 3888 117th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement

Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2022

Introduced: March 22, 2022 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Mar 22, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 22, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2022

This bill requires that law enforcement authorities notify subjects of criminal surveillance orders that cover emails, texts, and similar electronic data and limits the ability of authorities to delay or preclude the required notice. In addition, the bill (1) prohibits, subject to exceptions, courts from sealing criminal surveillance orders; (2) generally requires that public docket records related to criminal surveillance orders be made publicly available; and (3) permits any person to request that a court unseal a surveillance order.

What's happening now March 22, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7214 Identical bill Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 22, 2022
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Mar 22, 2022
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Mar 22, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3888: Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3888/
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"S. 3888: Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3888/.
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S. 3888, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3888/.
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