Continued Reporting of Intercepted Wire, Oral, and Electronic Communications Act
Public Law 106-197 · S. 1769 · 106th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on May 2, 2000 · Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsor: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Orrin Hatch
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Makes a provision of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 which terminates on December 31, 1999, all reporting requirements contained on a list prepared by the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the first session of the 103rd Congress inapplicable to certain reporting requirements under specified Federal provisions and Acts, including: (1) the reports that the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts is required to transmit to Congress each April concerning the number of applications for orders authorizing or approving wire, oral, or electronic communications interception; (2) the requirements for the Department of Justice's annual report on crime statistics; and (3) the Immigration and Naturalization Service's annual statistical report.
(Sec. 2) Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Attorney General or specified other officials to report to the Administrative Office each January on the number of such orders in which encryption was encountered and whether such encryption prevented law enforcement from obtaining the plain text of communications intercepted.
(Sec. 3) Directs the Attorney General to include within an annual report to Congress on pen registers and trap and trace devices information concerning: (1) the period of interceptions authorized by each order and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; (2) the offense specified in the order, application, or extension of an order; (3) the number of investigations involved; (4) the number and nature of the facilities affected; and (5) the identity, including district, of the applying investigative or law enforcement agency making the application and the person authorizing the order.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Judiciary Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 17 actions.
- May 2, 2000Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 106-197.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Apr 20, 2000PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Apr 13, 2000Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 19, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Judiciary Committee
- Nov 18, 1999FloorFloor · The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
- FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Coble asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- Nov 12, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
- Nov 8, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Judiciary Committee
- Nov 5, 1999FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 29, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Judiciary Committee
- Oct 28, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Judiciary Committee
- Oct 22, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.