Required disclosures in warrant application

Section 101 of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 2000aa) is amended by adding at the end of the following: (d) (1) In this subsection, the term covered materials means materials described in subsection (a) or (b). (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a government officer or employee may only search for or seize covered materials, pursuant to an exception described in subsection (a) or (b), if— (A) the officer or employee obtains a warrant issued using the procedures described in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (or, in the case of a State court, issued using State warrant procedures) by a court of competent jurisdiction; (B) in the application for a warrant described in paragraph (1), the officer or employee discloses— (i) the factual basis justifying the applicability of an exception described in subsection (a) or (b), including all information that— (I) might reasonably call into question the accuracy of the information or the reasonableness of any assessment in the application, including how the materials qualify as covered materials if no exception is satisfied; or (II) otherwise raises doubts that an exception applies; and (ii) all persons who are the targets of the investigation or prosecution of the criminal offense; (C) the court finds that— (i) an exception permits the search for or seizure of the covered materials; and (ii) if the officer or employee argues that an exception described in subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) applies, that a prosecution for the alleged offense under the facts is consistent with the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and (D) the court includes such limitations as the court deems necessary to protect against— (i) the search for or seizure of covered materials that are not justified by an exception; and (ii) the harms that might follow from a search or seizure described in clause (i). (3) A government officer or employee may search for or seize covered materials pursuant to the exceptions described in subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2), without following the procedures described in paragraph (2), if the officer or employee— (A) takes reasonable measures to limit any search or seizure to only those covered materials that are necessary to address the harms giving rise to the exception; and (B) not later than 48 hours after such search or seizure, submits to a court of competent jurisdiction an application that discloses— (i) the covered materials searched for or seized; (ii) the measures described in subparagraph (A); and (iii) the information described in paragraph (2)(B). (4) (A) Upon receipt of an application under paragraph (3)(B), the court shall review the application and issue an order determining whether the search or seizure was justified by an exception described in paragraph (3). (B) If the court issues an order described in subparagraph (A) that the search for or seizure of covered materials was not justified by an exception described in paragraph (3)— (i) the covered materials shall be treated as if they were searched for or seized, as applicable, in violation of this Act; and (ii) the court shall order the government officer or employee to— (I) immediately return all covered materials seized; and (II) destroy any copies of the covered materials seized. (C) If the court issues an order described in subparagraph (A) that the search for or seizure of covered materials was justified by an exception described in paragraph (3), the court may order the government officer or employee to take any measures that the court determines are reasonable to appropriately balance the continued need for the covered materials of the government officer or employee against the harms flowing from the continued access to covered materials by the government officer or employee, including by ordering the return of any portions of the covered materials, the destruction of any copies of any portions of the covered materials, or by limiting the use or dissemination of any portion of the covered materials..