About the bill
ENCRYPT Act would prevent states from banning digital encryption
Encryption -- a process of encoding digital messages so third parties cannot access or read it -- has become one of the biggest topics in the news over the past few years. This month, Apple is refusing a court order to bypass encryption on the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. More people are using encryption tools in their digital communications, more tech companies are adopting it as a standard, and more journalists are utilizing it for their reporting.
New York and California have introduced bills to ban sales of encrypted smartphones. Although neither bill has passed -- and indeed, both might fail -- a federal bill would nationalize the issue and prevent states from passing such legislation in the first place. In …
Sponsor and status
114th Congress (2015–2017)
This bill was introduced on February 10, 2016, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
7 Cosponsors (5 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“congressmembers Lieu, farenthold, delbene, and bishop introduce encrypt act”
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Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA33]
(Sponsor)
on Feb 10, 2016
History
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Feb 10, 2016
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Introduced
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Jun 7, 2018
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 6044 (115th). |
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Aug 6, 2019
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4170 (116th). |
H.R. 4528 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 4528. This is the one from the 114th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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