,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #d1 #bjad  
,ms4 ,lofgren 7for herself1 ,mr4        
,massie1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4 ,amash1    
,mr4 ,o',rourke1 ,mr4 ,sensenbrenner1   
,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,poe of ,texas1    
,mr4 ,nadler1 and ,mr4 ,holt7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,select ,committee on            
,intelligence 7,permanent ,select71 and 
in addition to the ,committee on the    
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit ,federal        
agencies from mandating the deployment  
of vulnerabilities in data security     
technologies4  #a4 ,short title  ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,secure ,data  
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,prohibition on data
 security vulnerability mandates  7a7   
,in general ,except as provided in      

subsection 7b71 no agency may mandate   
that a manufacturer1 developer1 or      
seller of covered products design or    
alter the security functions in its     
product or service to allow the         
surveillance of any user of such product
 or service1 or to allow the physical   
search of such product1 by any agency4  
7b7 ,exception ,subsection 7a7 shall not
 apply to mandates authorized under the 
,communications ,assistance for ,law    
,enforcement ,act 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja  
et seq474  7c7 ,definitions ,in this    
section--  7#a7 the term agency has the 
meaning given the term in section #cejb 
of title #dd1 ,united ,states ,code2 and
  7#b7 the term covered product means   
any computer hardware1 computer         
software1 or electronic device that is  
made available to the general public4