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S. 1790 (96th): Privacy Protection Act of 1980


An act to limit governmental search and seizure of documentary materials possessed by persons, to provide a remedy for persons aggrieved by violations of the provisions of this Act, and for other purposes.

Sponsor and status

Introduced
Sep 21, 1979
96th Congress (1979–1980)
Status

Enacted — Signed by the President on Oct 13, 1980

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on October 13, 1980.

Law
Pub.L. 96-440
Sponsor

Birch Bayh

Senator for Indiana

Democrat

Text

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Last Updated: Oct 13, 1980

Cosponsors

2 Cosponsors (2 Democrats)

Source

History

Sep 21, 1979
 
Introduced

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Jul 28, 1980
 
Ordered Reported

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Aug 4, 1980
 
Passed Senate (House next)

The bill was passed in a vote in the Senate. It goes to the House next.

Sep 22, 1980
 
Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)

The House passed the bill with changes not in the Senate version and sent it back to the Senate to approve the changes.

Oct 13, 1980
 
Enacted — Signed by the President

The President signed the bill and it became law.

Oct 13, 1980
 
Text Published

Updated bill text was published as of Passed Congress.

S. 1790 (96th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 1790. This is the one from the 96th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 96th Congress, which met from Jan 15, 1979 to Dec 16, 1980. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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