,i  #aai? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #ijgf  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,may #bi1 #bjbf,ms4   
,scanlon 7= h]self1 ,mr4 ,johnson (     
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 & ,ms4 ,jacobs7 introduc$ ! foll[+     
bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ! 
,judici>y  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a c\rt
 ord] = use ( a mail cov]4  #a4 ,%ort   
title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z ! ,po/al  
,data ,privacy ,act ( #bjbf4  #b4 ,mail 
cov]s  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,*apt] #hc ( title  
#ah1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 is am5d$ by   
ins]t+ aft] section #agcg ! foll[+3     
#agch4 ,limitation on use ( mail cov]s  
7a7 ,requirem5t = ,c\rt ,ord]  7#a7     
,limitation ,a gov]nm5tal entity may n  
use a mail cov]1 unless ! gov]nm5tal    
entity obta9s a c\rt ord] pursuant to   
p>agraph 7#b74  7#b7 ,c\rt ord] ,a c\rt 
ord] au?oriz+ ! use ( a mail cov] may be
 issu$ by any c\rt t is a c\rt (        
compet5t jurisdiction & %all issue only 
if a gov]nm5tal entity (f]s specific &  
articulable facts %[+ t !re are         

reasonable gr\nds to believe t mail     
cov]s are relevant & mat]ial to an ongo+
 crim9al inve/igation4 ,9 ! case ( a    
,/ate gov]nm5tal au?ority1 su* a c\rt   
ord] %all n issue if prohibit$ by ! law 
( su* ,/ate4  7b7 ,requirem5t ,to       
,pres]ve ,evid5ce  7#a7 ,9 g5]al ,!     
,*ief ,po/al ,inspector1 ^u ! reque/ ( a
 gov]nm5tal entity1 %all take all       
necess>y /eps to pres]ve records & o!r  
evid5ce 9 its possession p5d+ ! issuance
 ( a c\rt ord] or o!r process4  7#b7    
,p]iod ( ret5tion ,records ref]r$ to 9  
p>agraph 7#a7 %all be reta9$ = a p]iod (
 #ij days1 :i* %all be ext5d$ = an      
additional #ij-;day p]iod ^u a r5ew$    
reque/ by ! gov]nm5tal entity4  7c7     
,mail cov] def9$ ,! t]m mail cov] has ! 
mean+ giv5 t t]m 9 section #bcc4c (     
title #ci1 ,code ( ,f$]al ,regulations  
7or any successor regulation74  4  7b7  
,cl]ical am5dm5t ,! table ( sections =  
*apt] #hc ( title #ah1 ,unit$ ,/ates    
,code1 is am5d$ by ins]t+ aft] ! item   
relat$ to section #agcg ! foll[+3       

#agch4 ,limitation on use ( mail cov]s4 
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