Limits how long and on what grounds courts can bar phone and internet providers from telling customers that the government obtained their records, and requires the government to notify customers once those orders expire.

• Sets nondisclosure orders at up to 1 year for child exploitation offenses and up to 90 days for other investigations, with extensions of up to 90 days each.
• Requires courts to make written findings based on specific and articulable facts, to find the order narrowly tailored, and to review each underlying warrant, order, or subpoena.
• Requires the government to notify the customer within 5 business days after an order expires and to provide a copy of the records on request made within 180 days.
• Requires an annual Justice Department report, broken down by federal judicial district, on these orders, including those affecting members of the news media.

• Judiciary Committee (House)
• Judiciary Committee (Senate)

Crime and Law Enforcement