US HB4170 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress House Bill 4170 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on August 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Prohibits a state from requiring a manufacturer, developer, seller, or provider of a technology product or service to (1) alter the security functions of its product or service to allow a government agency to conduct a physical search or user surveillance, or (2) use its product or service to decrypt encrypted information. A technology product or service includes a commercial computer product, electronic device, or online service that is publicly available. Additionally, it bars a state from prohibiting the manufacture, sale or lease, or provision of a technology product or service because it uses encryption or similar security functions.

Title

ENCRYPT Act of 2019 Ensuring National Constitutional Rights for Your Private Telecommunications Act of 2019

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-08-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2019-08-06	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-08-06	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-08-06	House	Introduced in House