Modernizing criminal surveillance reports

(a) Reports concerning access to customer communications or records (1) In general Section 2703 title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 4(5) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Reports concerning access to customer communications or records (1) In general In January of each year, any judge who has issued an order under this section or a warrant to obtain records described in this section, or who has denied approval of an application under this section during the preceding year, shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts— (A) the fact that the order or warrant was applied for; (B) the type of records sought in the order or warrant; (C) whether the order or warrant was— (i) granted as applied for; (ii) granted as modified; or (iii) denied; (D) the subsection of this section under which the application for the order or warrant was filed; (E) the nature of the offense or criminal investigation that was the basis for the application for the order or warrant; (F) the name of each provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service served with the order or warrant, if so granted; and (G) the investigative or law enforcement agency that submitted the application. (2) Public report In June of each year, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall publish on the website of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and include in the report required under section 2519(3)— (A) a full and complete report concerning the number of applications for orders or warrants requiring the disclosure of, during the preceding calendar year— (i) the contents of wire or electronic communications in electronic storage under subsection (a); (ii) the contents of wire or electronic communications in a remote computer service under subsection (b); and (iii) records concerning electronic communication service or remote computer service under subsection (c); (B) the number of orders and warrants granted or denied under this section during the preceding calendar year; and (C) a detailed summary and analysis of each category of data required to be filed with the Administrative Office of the United States Courts under paragraph (1). (3) Format Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Administrator of General Services, the Electronic Public Access Public User Group, private entities offering electronic case management software, the National Center for State Courts, and the National American Indian Court Judges Association, publish a machine readable form that shall be used for any report required under paragraph (1). (4) Regulations The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may issue binding regulations with respect to the content and form of the reports required under paragraph (1).. (2) Technical and conforming amendment Section 2519(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting publish on the website of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts before transmit. (b) Reports concerning pen registers and trap and trace devices Section 3126 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 3126. Reports concerning pen registers and trap and trace devices (a) In general In January of each year, any judge who has issued an order (or an extension thereof) under section 3123 that expired during the preceding year, or who has denied approval of an installation and use of a pen register or trap and trace device during that year, shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts— (1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for; (2) the kind of order or extension applied for; (3) the fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied; (4) the period of installation and use of a pen register or trap and trace device authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; (5) the offense specified in the order or application, or extension of an order; (6) the precise nature of the facilities affected and the precise nature of the information sought; and (7) the investigative or law enforcement agency that submitted the application. (b) Public report In June of each year, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall publish on the website of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and include in the report required under section 2519(3)— (1) a full and complete report concerning— (A) the number of applications for orders authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or trap and trace device pursuant to this chapter; and (B) the number of orders and extensions granted or denied pursuant to this chapter during the preceding calendar year; and (2) a detailed summary and analysis of each category of data required to be reported under subsection (a). (c) Format Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Administrator of General Services, private entities offering electronic case management software, the National Center for State Courts, and the National American Indian Court Judges Association, publish a machine readable form that shall be used for any report required under subsection (a). (d) Regulations The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may issue binding regulations with respect to the content and form of the reports required under subsection (a).. (c) Reporting of emergency disclosures Section 2702(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting and publish on the website of the Department of Justice after Senate.