,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bb1 #bjaf    
,mr4 ,salmon 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 the ,government from requiring 
any person to assist in devising a      
method for breaking the encryption of a 
wire or oral communication4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protect ,our ,devices ,act of #bjaf4   
#b4 ,prohibition of requiring the       
breaking of encryption of wire or oral  
communications ,no officer or entity of 
the ,federal ,government shall have any 
authority to require any person to      
assist in devising a method for breaking

 the encryption of a wire or oral       
communication as such term are defined  
for the purposes of chapter #aai of     
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4