Stopping Mass Hacking Act

Bill: 115-s-406
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-02-16
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Computers and information technology

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Digital media

Jurisdiction and venue
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Stopping Mass Hacking Act</b></p> <p> This bill repeals an amendment to rule 41 (Search and Seizure) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that took effect on December 1, 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: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 406 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 16, 2017 Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Paul , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Daines , Mr. Tester , and Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To repeal certain amendments made to rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Mass Hacking Act . 2. Criminal procedure rules (a) In general Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended to read as it read on November 30, 2016. (b) Applicability Notwithstanding the amendment made by subsection (a), for any warrant issued under rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure during the period beginning on December 1, 2016, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act, such rule 41, as it was in effect on the date on which the warrant was issued, shall apply with respect to the warrant.