S 3888
117th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2022
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 22, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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