HR 5311 United States House · 118th Congress

ENCRYPT Act of 2023

HR 5311, the ENCRYPT Act of 2023, prevents states from requiring technology companies to weaken encryption or create backdoors for surveillance. It prohibits states from mandating that companies design products to allow government access to user data or from banning encrypted services like messaging apps, email, or cloud storage. The law applies to any consumer technology (hardware, software, or online services) that travels across state lines and is available to the public. This preempts conflicting state laws, ensuring a uniform federal standard for encryption requirements nationwide.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Aug 2023

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Introduced Aug 29, 2023 Last action Sep 1, 2023

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Sep 1, 2023

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

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Aug 29, 2023

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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Aug 29, 2023

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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors