S. 1574 · 119th Congress

Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act

Introduced on May 1, 2025 by Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). 4 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Oct 5, 2026): Held at the desk.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
May 1, 2025
Cosponsors
4
3 from the other party
Policy area
Native Americans
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction.

Subjects

  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Specialized courts
  • Telephone and wireless communication

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, May 1, 2025). Public domain.

Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act

This bill allows tribal courts to execute warrants for electronic material.

The Stored Communications Act (SCA) generally prohibits providers of electronic communication services (e.g., cell phone providers, email providers, or social media platforms) and remote computing services (e.g., cloud computing providers) from knowingly disclosing stored electronic communications or records (e.g., emails) or information pertaining to customers or subscribers. However, the SCA authorizes governmental entities to compel service providers to disclose electronic communication information through a court-issued warrant, a court order, or an administrative subpoena.

This bill gives tribal courts the same authority as other governmental entities (e.g., state courts) to compel service providers to disclose stored electronic communication information through court-issued warrants, court orders, or administrative subpoenas.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Catherine Cortez MastoD-NVSponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 1, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. May 1, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  3. Sep 29, 2026Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  4. Sep 29, 2026 · SenateSenate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Sep 29, 2026 · SenateMeasure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5184)
  6. Sep 29, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5184)
  7. Sep 29, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5184)
  8. Oct 5, 2026 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  9. Oct 5, 2026 · HouseReceived in the House.
  10. Oct 5, 2026 · HouseHeld at the desk.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION$127K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.