H.R. 4170 - Ensuring National Constitutional Rights for Your Private Telecommunications Act of 2019

Tags: 2019 Bill ENCRYPT Act of 2019 Federalism State's Rights US Congress

Authors: Lieu, Ted and DelBene, Suzan and Jordan, Jim

Published: August 2019

URL: https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4170/BILLS-116hr4170ih.pdf

Abstract: The ENCRYPT Act of 2019, introduced into the Senate with bipartisan support, seeks to preempt state and local governments from compelling private companies to weaken encryption or insert backdoors. Therefore, this bill would make encryption policy the subject of federal law and out of the hands of state and local lawmakers.