the laws of the United States or a State or political 
subdivision thereof.’’. 
SEC. 4. MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TREATY REFORMS. 
(a) MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TREATY TRANS-
PARENCY AND EFFICIENCY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall establish— 
(A) a form for use by a foreign govern-
ment filing a mutual legal assistance treaty re-
quest (referred to in this section as an ‘‘MLAT 
request’’), which shall— 
(i) be made available on the website of 
the Department of Justice; and 
(ii) require sufficient information and 
be susceptible for use by a foreign govern-
ment to provide all the information nec-
essary for the MLAT request; and 
(B) an online docketing system for all 
MLAT requests, which shall allow a foreign 
government to track the status of an MLAT re-
quest filed by the foreign government. 
(2) ANNUAL
PUBLICATION.—Beginning not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and each year thereafter, the Attorney General 
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shall publish on the website of the Department of 
Justice statistics on— 
(A)(i) the number of MLAT requests made 
by the Department of Justice to foreign govern-
ments for the purpose of obtaining the contents 
of an electronic communication or other infor-
mation or records from a provider of electronic 
communications or remote computing services; 
and 
(ii) the average length of time taken by 
foreign governments to process the MLAT re-
quests described in clause (i); and 
(B)(i) the number of MLAT requests made 
to the Department of Justice by foreign govern-
ments for the purpose of obtaining the contents 
of an electronic communication or other infor-
mation or records from a provider of electronic 
communications or remote computing services; 
and 
(ii) the average length of time taken by the 
Department of Justice to process the MLAT re-
quests described in clause (i). 
(3) NOTICE TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—The 
Attorney General shall notify the Secretary of State 
not later than 7 days after the date on which disclo-
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sure of electronic communications content to a for-
eign government is made pursuant to an MLAT re-
quest. 
(b) PRESERVATION
OF RECORDS.—The Attorney 
General may issue a request pursuant to section 2703(f) 
of title 18, United States Code, upon receipt of an MLAT 
request that appears to be facially valid. 
(c) NOTIFICATION
TO PROVIDER
OF MLAT RE-
QUEST.—When the Attorney General makes use of the 
process provided in section 2703 of title 18, United States 
Code, to obtain information from an electronic commu-
nications provider or a remote computing provider based 
on an MLAT request, the Attorney General shall notify 
that provider in writing that the request has been made 
pursuant to a mutual legal assistance treaty. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) data localization requirements imposed by 
foreign governments on data providers are— 
(A) incompatible with the borderless na-
ture of the Internet; 
(B) an impediment to online innovation; 
and 
(C) unnecessary to meet the needs of law 
enforcement; and 
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(2) the Department of Justice, the Department 
of State, and the United States Trade Representa-
tives should pursue open data flow policies with for-
eign nations. 
Æ 
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