{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-6019","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 6019","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-11-12","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-11-19","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h301","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes","result":"Passed","yea":426,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll301.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2025-11-20"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-11-12","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This bill repeals the authority for a Senator to bring a civil action against the federal government if an internet service provider or the Senate Sergeant at Arms (SAA) accessed or disclosed, or accesses or discloses, data from the Senator's office to provide to a federal agency without following prescribed notice requirements. The authority applies to a qualifying instance occurring on or after January 1, 2022."},{"k":"p","t":"The authority for the civil action was enacted in H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, which was signed by the President on November 12, 2026. The relevant provision requires written notice from the internet service provider or the SAA to the Senate office upon receipt of any legal process seeking access or disclosure of covered data. A Senator affected by a federal violation of the provision may sue the federal government for the greater of $500,000 per violation or the actual damages, plus attorney's fees and related costs."}],"words":165},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Repeals section 213 of title II of division C of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, and the amendments made by that section.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6019/text/eh#H571273141575484FAC17E378FB0F52EC"}]},"core_areas":["Repeal of Senate notification requirements for legal process on disclosure of Senate data"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Repeals section 213 of title II of division C of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6019/text/eh#H571273141575484FAC17E378FB0F52EC"}},{"text":"Repeals the amendments made by that section 213 as well.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6019/text/eh#H571273141575484FAC17E378FB0F52EC"}},{"text":"Provides that the repealed section and its amendments have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6019/text/eh#H571273141575484FAC17E378FB0F52EC"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-11-19","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6019/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6019","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6019/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-6019.png","v":"71327c570dc7","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6019, 119th Congress: To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes. House: 426 Yea, 0 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 19 Nov 2025."}}