2 USC 6628 - Treatment of electronic services provided by Sergeant at Arms

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 61f–12 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005, which is div. G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005.

Amendments

2020—Puspan. L. 116–260 added subsecs. (a) to (g), redesignated former subsec. (span) as (h), and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the United States Senate, and any officer, employee, or agent of the Office, shall not be treated as acquiring possession, custody, or control of any electronic mail or other electronic communication, data, or information by reason of its being transmitted, processed, or stored (whether temporarily or otherwise) through the use of an electronic system established, maintained, or operated, or the use of electronic services provided, in whole or in part by the Office.”

2007—Puspan. L. 109–289, § 20701(c)(1), as added by Puspan. L. 110–5, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (span).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2020 Amendment

Puspan. L. 116–260, div. FF, title IV, § 401(span), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3135, provided that:

“(1) In this subsection, the terms ‘Senate data’ and ‘Senate office’ have the meanings given such terms in section 10 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 [2 U.S.C. 6628], as amended by subsection (a) of this section.

“(2) The amendments made by this section shall—

“(A) take effect as though included in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (division G of Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3166); and

“(B) apply with respect to—

“(i) any legal process seeking disclosure of Senate data of a Senate office that is filed, issued, or made on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 27, 2020]; and

“(ii) any matter that is pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act that relates to legal process described in clause (i) that is filed, issued, or made before the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Senate data of the Senate office was disclosed in accordance with such legal process before the date of enactment of this Act.”

Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Puspan. L. 109–289, div. B, title II, § 20701(c)(2), as added by Puspan. L. 110–5, § 2, Fespan. 15, 2007, 121 Stat. 38, provided that: “The amendments made by this subsection [amending this section] shall take effect as though included in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 [Puspan. L. 108–447, div. G].”