{"id":259684,"date":"2026-05-30T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/new-bill-representative-mary-gay-scanlon-introduces-h-r-9076-postal-data-privacy-act-of-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:40:08","slug":"new-bill-representative-mary-gay-scanlon-introduces-h-r-9076-postal-data-privacy-act-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/new-bill-representative-mary-gay-scanlon-introduces-h-r-9076-postal-data-privacy-act-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bill: Representative Mary Gay Scanlon introduces H.R. 9076: Postal Data Privacy Act of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/news\/New+Bill%3A+Representative+Mary+Gay+Scanlon+introduces+H.R.+9076%3A+Postal+Data+Privacy+Act+of+2026\">New Bill: Representative Mary Gay Scanlon introduces H.R. 9076: Postal Data Privacy Act of 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/news\/New+Bill%3A+Representative+Mary+Gay+Scanlon+introduces+H.R.+9076%3A+Postal+Data+Privacy+Act+of+2026\">https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/news\/New+Bill%3A+Representative+Mary+Gay+Scanlon+introduces+H.R.+9076%3A+Postal+Data+Privacy+Act+of+2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-30 11:41:00<\/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: 57\u00a0minutes ago \/ May 30, 2026 3:41 p.m. UTC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have received text from H.R. 9076: Postal Data Privacy Act of 2026. This bill was received on 2026-05-29, and currently has 4 cosponsors.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a short summary of the bill:<\/p>\n<p>\n This bill, known as the<\/p>\n<p>  Postal Data Privacy Act of 2026<\/p>\n<p> , aims to establish regulations concerning the use of mail covers by governmental entities. A mail cover involves the recording of information on mail, such as the sender and receiver&#8217;s addresses, without opening the mail itself. Here\u2019s a summary of its key provisions:\n<\/p>\n<h3>\n 1. Requirement for Court Order<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\n The bill mandates that a governmental entity cannot use a mail cover unless it first obtains a court order. To get this court order, the governmental entity must provide:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n  <strong><br \/>\n   Specific and articulable facts:<br \/>\n  <\/strong><br \/>\n  These are details that suggest there are reasonable grounds to believe that obtaining a mail cover is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation.\n <\/li>\n<li>\n  <strong><br \/>\n   Jurisdiction:<br \/>\n  <\/strong><br \/>\n  The court issuing the order must be of competent jurisdiction, which means it has the authority to hear and decide on the matter.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n Additionally, if the mail cover is sought by a state governmental authority, the court cannot issue an order if state law prohibits it.\n<\/p>\n<h3>\n 2. Preservation of Evidence<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\n The bill also requires the Chief Postal Inspector to take necessary steps to preserve records and evidence if requested by a governmental entity. The specifics of this provision include:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n  <strong><br \/>\n   Retention Period:<br \/>\n  <\/strong><br \/>\n  The preserved records must be kept for 90 days unless a governmental entity requests an extension, which can be granted for another 90 days.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n 3. Definition of Mail Cover<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\n The term<\/p>\n<p>  mail cover<\/p>\n<p> is defined by referencing an existing regulation that outlines its meaning, specifically in section 233.3 of title 39 of the Code of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/news\/New+Bill%3A+Representative+Mary+Gay+Scanlon+introduces+H.R.+9076%3A+Postal+Data+Privacy+Act+of+2026\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Bill: Representative Mary Gay Scanlon introduces H.R. 9076: Postal Data Privacy Act of 2026&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.quiverquant.com\/images\/S001205_congress.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259684","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\/259684"}],"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=259684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259687,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259684\/revisions\/259687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}