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S. 1289

Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act of 2009

 

Sponsor
Whitehouse (Rhode Island) (Judiciary Committee)
Date
September 30, 2009
111th Congress, 1st Session
FLOOR SITUATION

S. 1289 is being considered under suspension of the rules, requiring a two-thirds vote for passage. The legislation was introduced by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) on June 18, 2009.
 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

S. 1289 amends federal law to allow foreign evidence requests (i.e. requests from foreign law enforcement agencies for evidence from a U.S. company, like a bank) to be processed through one U.S. Attorney's Office and district court. Currently, requests have to go through each court where evidence resides, which could be dozens of different places.
 
BACKGROUND

The Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act would allow foreign evidence requests to be handled centrally, by a single or more limited number of U.S. Attorneys offices as appropriate.
 
COST

There is no Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate yet available for S. 1289.
 
Staff Contact
For additonal information,
contact Sarah Makin
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