On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — H R 6019 — To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes

In plain language

• This House bill from the 119th Congress would repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data.
• Official subject tags include Members of Congress, government information, civil actions, and government ethics.
• The official summary would repeal authority for a Senator to bring a civil action against the federal government if an internet service provider or the Senate Sergeant at Arms accessed or disclosed, or accesses or discloses, data from the Senator’s office to a federal agency without following prescribed notice requirements.
• That authority applies to a qualifying instance on or after January 1, 2022, and was enacted in H.R. 5371, signed November 12, 2026.
• The relevant provision requires written notice from the 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 could sue the federal government for the greater of $500,000 per violation or actual damages, plus attorney’s fees and related costs. This bill would repeal that civil-action authority.