F:\M14\LIEU\LIEU_027.XML ..................................................................... (Original Signature of Member) H. R. ll 114TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION To preempt State data security vulnerability mandates and decryption requirements. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. LIEU of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll A BILL To preempt State data security vulnerability mandates and decryption requirements. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring National 5 Constitutional Rights for Your Private Telecommuni6 cations Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘ENCRYPT Act of 2016’’. f:\VHLC\021016\021016.102.xml February 10, 2016 (11:58 a.m.) VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:58 Feb 10, 2016 Jkt 000000 (621946 8) PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\CBOSBO~1\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\LIEU_027.X F:\M14\LIEU\LIEU_027.XML 2 1 SEC. 2. PREEMPTION OF STATE DATA SECURITY VULNER- 2 ABILITY MANDATES AND DECRYPTION RE- 3 QUIREMENTS. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—A State or political subdivision of 5 a State may not mandate or request that a manufacturer, 6 developer, seller, or provider of covered products or serv7 ices— 8 (1) design or alter the security functions in its 9 product or service to allow the surveillance of any 10 user of such product or service, or to allow the phys- 11 ical search of such product, by any agency or instru- 12 mentality of a State, a political subdivision of a 13 State, or the United States; or 14 (2) have the ability to decrypt or otherwise 15 render intelligible information that is encrypted or 16 otherwise rendered unintelligible using its product or 17 service. 18 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 19 (1) COVERED OR SERVICE.—The 20 term ‘‘covered product or service’’ means any com- 21 puter hardware, computer software, electronic de- 22 vice, or online service that— 23 (A) has traveled in interstate or foreign 24 commerce or otherwise affects interstate or for- 25 eign commerce; and 26 (B) is made available to the general public. f:\VHLC\021016\021016.102.xml February 10, 2016 (11:58 a.m.) VerDate Nov 24 2008 PRODUCT 11:58 Feb 10, 2016 Jkt 000000 (621946 8) PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\CBOSBO~1\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\LIEU_027.X F:\M14\LIEU\LIEU_027.XML 3 1 (2) ONLINE term ‘‘online serv- 2 ice’’ means a service provided over the Internet that 3 makes available to users— 4 (A) the ability to send or receive commu- 5 nications, such as emails, text messages, 6 photos, and audio and video communications; 7 (B) the ability to share data files with 8 other users; or 9 (C) remote computer processing or storage. 10 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 11 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 12 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 13 States, and each federally recognized Indian tribe. f:\VHLC\021016\021016.102.xml February 10, 2016 (11:58 a.m.) VerDate Nov 24 2008 SERVICE.—The 11:58 Feb 10, 2016 Jkt 000000 (621946 8) PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\CBOSBO~1\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\LIEU_027.X