,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhdb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #cj1     
#bjbd,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself   
and ,mr4 ,rounds7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,stored ,communications ,act to include 
,tribal courts as courts of competent   
jurisdiction4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,tribal ,access
 to ,electronic ,evidence ,act4  #b4    
,tribal courts as courts of competent   
jurisdiction under ,stored              
,communications ,act  7a7 ,definitions  
,section #bgaa of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
paragraph 7#c7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph   
7,b71 by striking or at the end2  7,b7  
by redesignating subparagraph 7,c7 as   
subparagraph 7,d72 and  7,c7 by         
inserting after subparagraph 7,b7 the   
following3  7,c7 a ,tribal court2 or  2 
and  7#b7 by striking paragraph 7#d7 and

 inserting the following3  7#d7 the term
 governmental entity means a department 
or agency of-- 7,a7 the ,united ,states2
 or  7,b7 any ,state or ,indian ,tribe1 
or any political subdivision thereof2   
7#e7 the term ,indian ,tribe means any  
,indian or ,alaska ,native tribe1 band1 
nation1 pueblo1 village1 community1     
component band1 or component reservation
 individually identified 7including     
parenthetically7 on the most recent list
 published by the ,secretary of the     
,interior under section #ajd of the     
,federally ,recognized ,indian ,tribe   
,list ,act of #aiid 7#be ,u4,s4,c4      
#eaca72 and  7#f7 the term ,tribal court
 means a court of general criminal      
jurisdiction of an ,indian ,tribe       
authorized by the law of that ,indian   
,tribe to issue search warrants4  4  7b7
 ,required disclosure of customer       
communications or records ,section #bgjc
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by   
striking ,state warrant procedures and  

and inserting the following3 ,state     
warrant procedures1 or1 in the case of a
 ,tribal court1 issued using the warrant
 procedures described in section        
#bjb7;a77#b7 of ,public ,law #ij-bhd    
7commonly known as the ,indian ,civil   
,rights ,act of #aifh7 7#be ,u4,s4,c4   
#acjb7;a77#b771 and2  7#b7 in subsection
 7b77#a7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by
 striking ,state warrant procedures and 
and inserting the following3 ,state     
warrant procedures1 or1 in the case of a
 ,tribal court1 issued using the warrant
 procedures described in section        
#bjb7;a77#b7 of ,public ,law #ij-bhd    
7commonly known as the ,indian ,civil   
,rights ,act of #aifh7 7#be ,u4,s4,c4   
#acjb7;a77#b771 and2 and  7,b7 in       
subparagraph 7,b77i71 by inserting 1    
,tribal1 after by a ,federal2 and  7#c7 
in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 in paragraph   
7#a77;,a71 by striking ,state warrant   
procedures and and inserting the        
following3 ,state warrant procedures1   
or1 in the case of a ,tribal court1     

issued using the warrant procedures     
described in section #bjb7;a77#b7 of    
,public ,law #ij-bhd 7commonly known as 
the ,indian ,civil ,rights ,act of      
#aifh7 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #acjb7;a77#b771   
and2 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 in the
 undesignated matter following          
subparagraph 7,f71 by inserting 1       
,tribal1 after by a ,federal4  7c7      
,delayed notice ,section                
#bgje7;a77#a77;,b7 of title #ah1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by inserting 
1 ,tribal1 after by a ,federal4  7d7    
,civil action ,section #bgjg7;g7 of     
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended1 in the second sentence1 by     
inserting ,tribal1 after ,state14  7e7  
,wrongful disclosure of video tape      
rental or sale records ,section #bgaj of
 title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection            
7b77#b77;,c71 by inserting after an     
equivalent ,state warrant1 the          
following3 a warrant issued by a ,tribal
 court using the warrant procedures     

described in section #bjb7;a77#b7 of    
,public ,law #ij-bhd 7commonly known as 
the ,indian ,civil ,rights ,act of      
#aifh7 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #acjb7;a77#b7712  
and  7#b7 in subsection 7d71 by striking
 or a political subdivision of a ,state 
and inserting a political subdivision of
 a ,state1 or an ,indian ,tribe4