115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 883 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a certifi-
cation process for the issuance of nondisclosure require-
ments accompanying certain administrative subpoenas, 
to provide for judicial review of such nondisclosure re-
quirements, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Targeting Child Preda-
tors Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. NONDISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS. 
Section 3486(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘ordered by a 
court’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(6)(A)(i) If a subpoena issued under this sec-
tion is accompanied by a certification under clause 
(ii) and notice of the right to judicial review under 
subparagraph (C), no recipient of a subpoena under 
this section shall disclose to any person that the 
Federal official who issued the subpoena has sought 
or obtained access to information or records under 
this section, for a period of 180 days. 
‘‘(ii) The requirements of clause (i) shall apply 
if the Federal official who issued the subpoena cer-
tifies that the absence of a prohibition of disclosure 
under this subsection may result in—
‘‘(I) endangering the life or physical safety 
of an individual; 
‘‘(II) flight from prosecution; 
‘‘(III) destruction of or tampering with evi-
dence; 
‘‘(IV) intimidation of potential witnesses; 
or 
‘‘(V) otherwise seriously jeopardizing an 
investigation or unduly delaying a trial. 
‘‘(B)(i) A recipient of a subpoena under this 
section may disclose information otherwise subject to 
any applicable nondisclosure requirement to— 
‘‘(I) those persons to whom disclosure is 
necessary in order to comply with the request; 
‘‘(II) an attorney in order to obtain legal 
advice or assistance regarding the request; or 
‘‘(III) other persons as permitted by the 
Federal official who issued the subpoena. 
‘‘(ii) A person to whom disclosure is made 
under clause (i) shall be subject to the nondisclosure 
requirements applicable to a person to whom a sub-
poena is issued under this section in the same man-
ner as the person to whom the subpoena was issued. 
‘‘(iii) Any recipient that discloses to a person 
described in clause (i) information otherwise subject
pendency of proceedings relating to the require-
ment. 
‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION.—A district court of 
the United States that receives a petition under 
subparagraph (A) or an application under sub-
paragraph (B) should rule expeditiously, and 
shall, subject to paragraph (3), issue a non-
disclosure order that includes conditions appro-
priate to the circumstances. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—An application 
for a nondisclosure order or extension thereof or a 
response to a petition filed under paragraph (1) 
shall include a certification from the Federal official 
who issued the subpoena indicating that the absence 
of a prohibition of disclosure under this subsection 
may result in— 
‘‘(A) endangering the life or physical safety 
of an individual; 
‘‘(B) flight from prosecution; 
‘‘(C) destruction of or tampering with evi-
dence; 
‘‘(D) intimidation of potential witnesses; or 
‘‘(E) otherwise seriously jeopardizing an 
investigation or unduly delaying a trial.
‘‘(3) STANDARD.—A district court of the 
United States shall issue a nondisclosure order or 
extension thereof under this subsection if the court 
determines that there is reason to believe that disclo-
sure of the information subject to the nondisclosure 
requirement during the applicable time period may 
result in— 
‘‘(A) endangering the life or physical safety 
of an individual; 
‘‘(B) flight from prosecution; 
‘‘(C) destruction of or tampering with evi-
dence; 
‘‘(D) intimidation of potential witnesses; or 
‘‘(E) otherwise seriously jeopardizing an 
investigation or unduly delaying a trial. 
‘‘(4) EXTENSION.—Upon a showing that the 
circumstances 
described 
in 
subparagraphs 
(A) 
through (E) of paragraph (3) continue to exist, a 
district court of the United States may issue an ex 
parte order extending a nondisclosure order imposed 
under 
this 
subsection 
or 
under 
section 
3486(a)(6)(A) for additional periods of 180 days, or, 
if the court determines that the circumstances neces-
sitate a longer period of nondisclosure, for additional 
periods which are longer than 180 days.
‘‘(b) CLOSED HEARINGS.—In all proceedings under 
this section, subject to any right to an open hearing in 
a contempt proceeding, the court must close any hearing 
to the extent necessary to prevent an unauthorized disclo-
sure of a request for records, a report, or other informa-
tion made to any person or entity under section 3486. Pe-
titions, filings, records, orders, certifications, and sub-
poenas must also be kept under seal to the extent and 
as long as necessary to prevent the unauthorized disclo-
sure of a subpoena under section 3486.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 223 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 3486 the following: 
‘‘3486A. Judicial review of nondisclosure requirements.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 22, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 883 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 
a certification process for the issuance of non-
disclosure requirements accompanying certain ad-
ministrative subpoenas, to provide for judicial re-
view of such nondisclosure requirements, and for 
other purposes.