United States · Bill · S
S. 936 (109th)
E-Mail Privacy Act of 2005
Introduced
28 April 2005
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4553)
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10 August 2026
Summary
E-Mail Privacy Act of 2005 - Amends wiretap provisions of the Federal criminal code to revise the definition of "intercept" to mean the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication contemporaneous with transit, or on an ongoing basis during transit, through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device or process, notwithstanding that the communication may simultaneously be in electronic storage (thus covering e-mail communications).
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 April 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 April 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 28 April 2005
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/936
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/936