Telephone Records Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-2014
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-16
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Evidence and witnesses

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Right of privacy

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Telephone Records Protection Act - Repeals a provision of the federal criminal code requiring a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service to disclose to a governmental entity local and long distance telephone connection records, or records of session times and durations, of a subscriber to or customer of such service when such entity uses an administrative subpoena authorized by a federal or state statute or federal or state grand jury or trial subpoena.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2014 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2013 Mr. Amash (for himself, Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Mulvaney , and Mr. Polis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To repeal section 2703(c)(2)(C) of title 18, United States Code.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Telephone Records Protection Act . 2. Repeal Subparagraph (C) of section 2703(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is repealed.