,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ief  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjag,mr4 ,jeffries 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,collins of ,georgia7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to regulate monitoring of      
electronic communications between a     
prisoner in a ,bureau of ,prisons       
facility and that prisoner's attorney or
 other legal representative1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,effective     
,assistance of ,counsel in the ,digital 
,era ,act4  #b4 ,monitoring of          
electronic communications between       
prisoner and attorney  7a7 ,prohibition 
on monitoring ,not later than #ahj days 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,attorney ,general shall      
modify any program or system through    
which a prisoner 7as such term is       
defined in section #ajg7 sends or       
receives an electronic communication 7as

 such term is defined in section #beaj  
of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 and
 including the ,trust ,fund ,limited    
,inmate ,computer ,system7 to exclude   
from monitoring the contents 7as such   
term is defined in section #beaj of     
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code7 of an 
electronic communication between a      
prisoner in a ,bureau of ,prisons       
facility and his or her attorney or     
other legal representative4  7b7        
,retention of contents ,the modification
 required under subsection 7a7 may allow
 for the retention of the contents of   
the electronic communications described 
in subsection 7a74  7c7 ,exception ,if a
 court of competent jurisdiction        
determines that there is sufficient     
evidence to support a reasonable belief 
of the ,government that the information 
contained in an electronic communication
 described in subsection 7a7 was for the
 purpose of perpetrating a fraud or     
crime1 an in camera review of the       
contents of the communication may be    

conducted4