H.R. 7445

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7445 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7445

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide special rules for the 
time period for complying court orders or warrants to disclose 
information for certain providers, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 9, 2026

Ms. Pettersen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide special rules for the 
time period for complying court orders or warrants to disclose 
information for certain providers, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Evergreen Community Safety Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. TIME PERIOD FOR COMPLYING WITH A COURT ORDER OR WARRANT FOR 
CERTAIN PROVIDERS.

Section 2703 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
``(i) Special Rules for Covered Providers.--
``(1) In general.--A warrant or a court order for 
disclosure issued under this section shall require that a 
covered provider disclose the contents of a wire or electronic 
communication, or the records or other information sought not 
later than 72 hours after the issuance of the warrant or court 
order.
``(2) Extension.--A court may extend the time period under 
paragraph (1) by periods of not more than 7 days if the 
information sought is voluminous or complex.
``(3) Motions to quash or modify.--The time period for a 
covered provider to file a motion under subsection (g)(2) is 48 
hours.
``(4) Civil action.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, including subsection (e), an individual who is harmed by 
the failure of a covered provider to comply with a warrant or 
court order for disclosure in the time period provided by the 
court may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court 
of the United States seeking injunctive relief and damages.
``(5) Definition.--The term `covered provider' means a 
provider of electronic communication service or remote 
computing service that has 1,000,000 or more users, 
subscribers, or customers.''.
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