This bill repeals the authority for a Senator to bring a civil action against the federal government if an internet service provider or the Senate Sergeant at Arms (SAA) accessed or disclosed, or accesses or discloses, data from the Senator's office to provide to a federal agency without following prescribed notice requirements. The authority applies to a qualifying instance occurring on or after January 1, 2022. The authority for the civil action was enacted in H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 , which was signed by the President on November 12, 2026. The relevant provision requires written notice from the internet service provider or the SAA to the Senate office upon receipt of any legal process seeking access or disclosure of covered data. A Senator affected by a federal violation of the provision may sue the federal government for the greater of $500,000 per violation or the actual damages, plus attorney's fees and related costs.
Received in the Senate.
Bill introduced
Gabe Amo voted yea
Yassamin Ansari voted yea
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. voted yea
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 426 - 0 (Roll no. 301). (text: CR H4790)
View official actionAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
View official actionMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
View official actionNo lobbying report on the 119th Congress cites this bill.
| Member | Party | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabe Amo | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Yassamin Ansari | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Ami Bera | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.
Mr. Steil moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
| Brian Babin |
| R |
| yea |
| Nov 19, 2025 |
| Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Mike Bost | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Brendan F. Boyle | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Don Bacon | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Nanette Diaz Barragán | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Jack Bergman | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Andy Biggs | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Troy Balderson | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| James R. Baird | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Tim Burchett | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Shontel M. Brown | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Aaron Bean | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Nikki Budzinski | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Eric Burlison | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Josh Brecheen | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Becca Balint | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Tom Barrett | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Michael Baumgartner | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Nicholas J. Begich III | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Wesley Bell | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Sheri Biggs | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Janelle S. Bynum | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Ken Calvert | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| James E. Clyburn | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Kat Cammack | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| John R. Carter | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Tom Cole | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Ed Case | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Jim Costa | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Emanuel Cleaver | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Henry Cuellar | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Kathy Castor | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Yvette D. Clarke | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Steve Cohen | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Joe Courtney | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| André Carson | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Judy Chu | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Joaquin Castro | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Katherine M. Clark | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| James Comer | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| J. Luis Correa | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Salud O. Carbajal | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Michael Cloud | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Andrew S. Clyde | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Sean Casten | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Ben Cline | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Angie Craig | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Dan Crenshaw | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Jason Crow | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Troy A. Carter | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Mike Carey | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | D | not_voting | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Mike Collins | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Jasmine Crockett | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Greg Casar | D | not_voting | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Elijah Crane | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Juan Ciscomani | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Jeff Crank | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Byron Donalds | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Danny K. Davis | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Diana DeGette | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Donald G. Davis | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Lloyd Doggett | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Christopher R. Deluzio | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Monica De La Cruz | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Mario Diaz-Balart | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Scott DesJarlais | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Suzan K. DelBene | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Mark DeSaulnier | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Debbie Dingell | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Warren Davidson | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Neal P. Dunn | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Sharice Davids | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Madeleine Dean | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Troy Downing | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Maxine Dexter | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Jake Ellzey | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Mike Ezell | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Chuck Edwards | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Tom Emmer | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Dwight Evans | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Adriano Espaillat | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Ron Estes | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Veronica Escobar | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Gabe Evans | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Sarah Elfreth | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Cleo Fields | D | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Pat Fallon | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Mark Alford | R | yea | Nov 19, 2025 |