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.
The law requires service providers to notify Senate offices and the Senate sergeant at arms when federal law enforcement requests data from lawmakers' offices, while providing exceptions when the senator is a target of a criminal investigation or when notification is legally blocked.
January 01, 2022
high
policy
Notification and exception framework for data requests involving members of the U.S. Senate.
The law requires service providers to notify U.S. senators if their phone records or other data are seized or subpoenaed, and a court cannot delay that notification unless the senator is the target of a criminal investigation.
January 01, 2022
high
temporal
Establishes mandatory notice to senators and a narrow exception for delaying notice only when the senator is under criminal investigation.
A federal provision requires service providers to notify U.S. senators if the senators' phone records or other data are seized or subpoenaed.
high
legal
Describes a statutory notification requirement for elected officials when communications data are compelled.
A federal provision entitles U.S. senators to $500,000 in damages for each violation when service providers fail to notify them that their phone records or other data were seized or subpoenaed.
high
legal
Specifies the statutory per-violation damages available to senators for notification failures by service providers.