The proposed provision would require service providers to notify the affected Senate office and the Senate Sergeant at Arms when federal law enforcement requests a senator's data, would prohibit courts from delaying that notification unless the senator is a target of a criminal investigation, and would permit suits for alleged violations that occurred after January 2022.
January 01, 2022
high
procedural
Specifies notification obligations, a judicial-delay exception for targets, and the temporal scope for allowable claims.
A law enacted as part of a legislative-branch funding measure grants any U.S. senator whose Senate data or a Senate office's data was acquired, subpoenaed, searched, accessed, or disclosed in violation of the law a private civil action against the United States when the violation was committed by an officer, employee, or agent of the United States or of any federal department or agency.
January 01, 2022
high
temporal
Creates a private right of action for senators and Senate offices against the federal government for improper access to Senate data.