U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB1574: Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act
Status: Passed one chamber, September 29, 2026
A bill to amend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction.
What the bill says
An act To amend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction.
From the engrossed text, September 29, 2026:
AN ACT To amend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act . SECTION 2. Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction under Stored Communications Act (a) Definitions Section 2711 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (3)-- (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking or at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the or ; and (D) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking and at the end; and (2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the (B) any State or political subdivision thereof; or (C) any Indian Tribe or political subdivision thereof; (5) the term Indian Tribe means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation individually identified (including parenthetically) on the most recent list published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5131 ); and (6) the term Tribal court means a court of general criminal jurisdiction of an Indian Tribe authorized by the law of that Indian Tribe to issue search warrants. . (b) Required disclosure of …
Sponsors
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (D) · primary sponsor
- Rounds, Mike (R)
- Markwayne Mullin (R, SD-OK)
- Smith, Tina (D)
- Armstrong, Alan (R)
Latest actions
- : Held at the desk.
- : Received in the House.
- : Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- : Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5184)
- : Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5184)
- : Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5184)
- : Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- : Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Native Americans, Evidence and witnesses, Telephone and wireless communication
Common questions
- What is SB1574?
- SB1574 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act.
- What does SB1574 do?
- In its own words: An act To amend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction.
- What is the status of SB1574?
- Passed one chamber as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Held at the desk. (October 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1574?
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (D), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1574?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1574
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