,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dagj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #f1 #bjai,mr4
 ,ted ,lieu of ,california 7for himself1
 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 and ,mr4 ,jordan7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 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     
preempt ,state data security            
vulnerability mandates and decryption   
requirements4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,ensuring      
,national ,constitutional ,rights for   
,your ,private ,telecommunications ,act 
of #bjai or the ,,encrypt ,act of #bjai4
  #b4 ,preemption of ,state data        
security vulnerability mandates and     
decryption requirements  7a7 ,in general
 ,a ,state or political subdivision of a

 ,state may not--  7#a7 mandate or      
request that a manufacturer1 developer1 
seller1 or provider of covered products 
or services--  7,a7 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 agency or               
instrumentality of a ,state1 a political
 subdivision of a ,state1 or the ,united
 ,states2 or  7,b7 have the ability to  
decrypt or otherwise render intelligible
 information that is encrypted or       
otherwise rendered unintelligible using 
its product or service2 or  7#b7        
prohibit the manufacture1 sale or lease1
 offering for sale or lease1 or         
provision to the general public of a    
covered product or service because such 
product or service uses encryption or a 
similar security function4  7b7         
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,covered product or service ,the term   
covered product or service means any    

computer hardware1 computer software1   
electronic device1 or online service    
that--  7,a7 has traveled in interstate 
or foreign commerce or otherwise affects
 interstate or foreign commerce2 and    
7,b7 is made available to the general   
public4  7#b7 ,online service ,the term 
online service means a service provided 
over the internet that makes available  
to users--  7,a7 the ability to send or 
receive communications1 such as emails1 
text messages1 photos1 and audio and    
video communications2  7,b7 the ability 
to share data files with other users2 or
  7,c7 remote computer processing or    
storage4  7#c7 ,state ,the term ,state  
means each of the several ,states1 the  
,district of ,columbia1 each            
commonwealth1 territory1 or possession  
of the ,united ,states1 and each        
federally recognized ,indian ,tribe4