S. 2981 — Introduced in Senate

II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2981 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 4, 2014Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To prohibit Federal agencies from mandating the deployment of vulnerabilities in data security technologies. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure Data Act of 2014. 2. Prohibition on data security vulnerability mandates (a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), no agency may mandate that a manufacturer, developer, 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 service, or to allow the physical search of such product, by any agency. (b) Exception Subsection (a) shall not apply to mandates authorized under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). (c) Definitions In this section— (1) the term agency has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code; and (2) the term covered product means any computer hardware, computer software, or electronic device that is made available to the general public.