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Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act
To regulate monitoring of electronic communications between an incarcerated person in a Bureau of Prisons facility and that person's attorney or other legal representative, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from monitoring the contents of a privileged electronic communication between an incarcerated person and his or her legal representative.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Feb 11, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Feb 11, 2026 Introduced in House
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