{"id":253514,"date":"2026-05-23T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/new-bill-representative-suzan-k-delbene-introduces-h-r-9016-email-privacy-act\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:55:11","slug":"new-bill-representative-suzan-k-delbene-introduces-h-r-9016-email-privacy-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/new-bill-representative-suzan-k-delbene-introduces-h-r-9016-email-privacy-act\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bill: Representative Suzan K. DelBene introduces H.R. 9016: Email Privacy Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/news\/New+Bill%3A+Representative+Suzan+K.+DelBene+introduces+H.R.+9016%3A+Email+Privacy+Act\">New Bill: Representative Suzan K. DelBene introduces H.R. 9016: Email Privacy Act<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/news\/New+Bill%3A+Representative+Suzan+K.+DelBene+introduces+H.R.+9016%3A+Email+Privacy+Act\">https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/news\/New+Bill%3A+Representative+Suzan+K.+DelBene+introduces+H.R.+9016%3A+Email+Privacy+Act<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-23 11:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.quiverquant.com\">www.quiverquant.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">\n<p>              By: Quiver LegislationRadar<\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"posted\">Posted: 2\u00a0hours ago \/ May 23, 2026 3:38 p.m. UTC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have received text from H.R. 9016: Email Privacy Act. This bill was received on 2026-05-22, and currently has 1 cosponsor.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a short summary of the bill:<\/p>\n<p>\n This bill, known as the Email Privacy Act, aims to update the privacy protections for electronic communications stored by third-party service providers to enhance consumer privacy while addressing law enforcement needs. Here\u2019s a breakdown of what the bill proposes:\n<\/p>\n<h3>\n Key Provisions<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n  <strong><br \/>\n   Amendments to Disclosure Requirements:<br \/>\n  <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    Changes the terminology from &#8220;divulge&#8221; to &#8220;disclose&#8221; throughout relevant sections.\n   <\/li>\n<li>\n    Revises language to broaden the scope of what constitutes electronic storage and information retention by service providers.\n   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n  <strong><br \/>\n   Voluntary Disclosure Corrections:<br \/>\n  <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    Specifies that providers can disclose communications only under lawful consent from the sender, recipient, or subscriber.\n   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n  <strong><br \/>\n   Amendments to Required Disclosure Section:<br \/>\n  <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    Clarifies that government entities must obtain a warrant for access to stored communications, which must be issued by a court.\n   <\/li>\n<li>\n    Providers can notify customers of requests for access to their communications unless restricted by law.\n   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n  <strong><br \/>\n   Warrant Requirement for Stored Communications:<br \/>\n  <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    Revises rules regarding when a warrant is needed for accessing stored communication content. It emphasizes that government entities must obtain a warrant, irrespective of the storage duration.\n   <\/li>\n<li>\n    Removes previous provisions on the duration of electronic storage that affected warrant requirements.\n   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n Impact on Law Enforcement<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\n The bill modifies how law enforcement can access electronic communications. It emphasizes the need for a lawful warrant and enhances notifications to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/news\/New+Bill%3A+Representative+Suzan+K.+DelBene+introduces+H.R.+9016%3A+Email+Privacy+Act\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Bill: Representative Suzan K. DelBene introduces H.R. 9016: Email Privacy Act https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/news\/New+Bill%3A+Representative+Suzan+K.+DelBene+introduces+H.R.+9016%3A+Email+Privacy+Act Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/images\/D000617_congress.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253517,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253514\/revisions\/253517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}