Reasonable Notice and Search Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Feb 8, 2005)
Reasonable Notice and Search Act - Revises provisions governing search warrants authorized under the USA PATRIOT ACT to: (1) limit the authority to delay notice of the issuance of such a search warrant to circumstances where providing immediate notice of the warrant will endanger the life or physical safety of an individual or result in flight from prosecution, the destruction of or tampering with the evidence sought under the warrant, or intimidation of potential witnesses; and (2) require such delayed notification to be issued within seven days (currently, within a "reasonable period") after execution, with extensions by the court for additional periods of up to seven calendar days each time that the court finds reasonable cause to believe that notice of the execution of the warrant would have such consequences.
Requires the Attorney General, on a semiannual basis, to transmit to Congress and make public a report concerning all requests for delays of notice and for extensions of such delays.
Sunsets the delayed notice authority on December 31, 2005.
What just happenedFeb 8, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1131)
Who’s behind it
- Feb 8, 2005IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1131)
Judiciary Committee - Feb 8, 2005IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3282-3283)
- Feb 8, 2005IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate