,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #geec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ba1 #bjbb,mr4
 ,lieu introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
require a warrant for the disclosure of 
records from a provider of electronic   
communication service or remote         
computing service1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,warrant for        
,metadata ,act4  #b4 ,warrant           
requirement for electronic communication
 service and remote computing service   
records  7a7 ,warrant requirement       
,section #bgjc of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 by striking for   
one hundred and eighty days or less12   
and  7,b7 by striking ,a governmental   
entity may require the disclosure by a  
provider of electronic communications   
services of the contents of a wire or   

electronic communication that has been  
in electronic storage in an electronic  
communications system for more than one 
hundred and eighty days by the means    
available under subsection 7b7 of this  
section42  7#b7 in subsection 7c7--     
7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking     
other information and all that follows1 
and inserting other information1        
including the metadata 7as that term is 
defined in section #cejb of title #dd7  
of such record or other information1    
pertaining to a subscriber to or        
customer of such service 7not including 
the contents of communications7 only    
when the governmental entity obtains a  
warrant issued using the procedures     
described in the ,federal ,rules of     
,criminal ,procedure 7or1 in the case of
 a ,state court1 issued using ,state    
warrant procedures and1 in the case of a
 court-martial or other proceeding under
 chapter #dg of title #aj 7the ,uniform 
,code of ,military ,justice71 issued    
under section #hdf of that title1 in    

accordance with regulations prescribed  
by the ,president7 by a court of        
competent jurisdiction42  7,b7 by       
striking paragraph 7#b72 and  7,c7 by   
redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as         
paragraph 7#b72 and  7#c7 in subsection 
7d7 by striking or 7c74  7b7            
,retroactive effect  7#a7 ,in general   
,the amendment made by subsection 7a7   
shall have no effect on any disclosure  
required by a governmental entity       
pursuant to section #bgjc7;c7 of title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 before the  
date of enactment of this ,act4  7#b7   
,subsequent disclosure2 expanded        
disclosure ,with respect to a disclosure
 required by a governmental entity      
pursuant to section #bgjc7;c7 of title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 before the  
date of enactment of this ,act1 any     
request for a subsequent disclosure     
related to such disclosure or an        
expansion of such disclosure made after 
the date of enactment of this ,act shall
 be treated as a new disclosure under   

such section 7as amended by this ,act74