Summary

Creates a court-ordered procedure that lets a government investigator ask a judge to bar an electronic communications or remote computing provider from notifying a customer that the government has served a warrant, order, or subpoena seeking their data. The new rules set what courts must find before forbidding notice, how long nondisclosure can last (shorter terms for most cases, longer presumptive terms for child‑exploitation cases), how providers and customers can challenge orders, limited rules for who providers may tell, and required post‑expiration notice to the named customer. The Attorney General must also publish an annual, per‑district report on how often these delayed or blocked notifications are requested and granted and related enforcement outcomes. Section 1 only gives the Act a short title and does not change legal rights, funding, or agency duties.

• Creates a court-based process allowing government investigators to temporarily bar providers from notifying customers about warrants/orders/subpoenas for electronic communications data.
• Requires courts to make written findings based on specific facts that notice would likely cause serious adverse results and to narrowly tailor nondisclosure orders.
• Initial nondisclosure limits: up to 90 days for most investigations; up to 1 year for child‑pornography/sexual‑exploitation investigations, with possible 90‑day extensions.
• Permits providers to challenge nondisclosure orders and allows limited, court‑approved disclosures to comply with the order or obtain legal advice.
• After a nondisclosure order ends, the government must notify the named customer within 5 business days by at least two methods and the customer has 180 days to request disclosed information.
• Certain illicit materials (including child pornography) are excluded from required post‑expiration disclosure to the named person; only narrowly necessary redactions are allowed.
• Requires the Attorney General to publish an annual DOJ report, by federal district, on requests for and outcomes of delayed/precluded notification and related enforcement results.