SERVER Act

Bill: 114-hr-3743
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-10-09
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Computers and information technology

Federal officials

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government studies and investigations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-10-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Securing Every Relevant and Vital Electronic Record Act of 2015 or the SERVER Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the&nbsp;Secretary of a cabinet-level&nbsp;executive department from maintaining a private email server to conduct&nbsp;official government business.&nbsp;The Inspector General of each such department shall ensure compliance with such prohibition.&nbsp; A Secretary who violates such prohibition is subject to a fine and/or prison term and shall forfeit his or her office and be disqualified from holding any U.S. government office. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3743 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 9, 2015 Mr. Cramer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of an executive department from maintaining a private email server for conducting official Government business.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing Every Relevant and Vital Electronic Record Act of 2015 or the SERVER Act . 2. Prohibition on Secretary of executive department from maintaining private email server (a) Prohibition The Secretary of an executive department may not maintain a private email server for the purpose of conducting official Government business. (b) Compliance The Inspector General of each executive department shall ensure compliance with subsection (a). (c) Criminal penalty Whoever violates subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his or her office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Executive department The term executive department has the meaning provided in section 101 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Private email server and official Government business The terms private email server and official Government business have the meanings provided in regulations promulgated for purposes of this Act by the Archivist of the United States.