Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act
Latest action · Apr 21, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 21, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act
This bill generally prohibits law enforcement and intelligence agencies from obtaining U.S. customer or subscriber records or any illegitimately obtained information from a third party in exchange for anything of value (e.g., purchasing such information). Records or information obtained in violation of this bill are inadmissible as evidence in any trial, hearing, or other legal proceeding.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2021 to May 16, 2022; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Apr 21, 2021 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | May 16, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 21, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 21, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-723 | DISRUPTING DANGEROUS ALGORITHMS: ADDRESSING THE HARMS OF PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY116 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Dec 9, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2576 | Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 27, 2023 |
| HR 2738 | Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act | Identical bill | Oct 19, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend section 2702 of title 18, United States Code, to prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from obtaining subscriber or customer records in exchange for anything of value, to address communications and records in the possession of intermediary internet service providers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Business records
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Consumer affairs
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Right of privacy
- Telephone and wireless communication
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2021Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
