Stopping Mass Hacking Act

Bill: 114-hr-5321
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2016-05-25
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Right of privacy
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-05-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stopping Mass Hacking Act</b></p> <p>This bill rejects an amendment to rule 41 (Search and Seizure) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court and transmitted to Congress for review on April 28, 2016. (The amendment allows a federal magistrate judge to issue a warrant to use remote access to search computers and seize electronically stored information located inside or outside that judge's district in specific circumstances.)</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5321 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 25, 2016 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Conyers , Mr. Farenthold , and Ms. Lofgren ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prevent the proposed amendments to rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure from taking effect.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Mass Hacking Act . 2. Criminal procedure rules The proposed amendments to rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which are set forth in the order entered by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 2016, shall not take effect.