Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Private Sector Call Record Retention Act”.
Private Sector Call Record Retention Act
A BILL
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require an electronic communication service provider that generates call detail records pursuant to an order under that Act to notify the Attorney General if the provider intends to retain such records for a period less than 18 months.
Sec. 2 Notice to Attorney General on certain modification of practice on retention of call detail records by electronic communication service providers
Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861), as amended by section 107 of the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–23; 129 Stat. 273), is further amended—
by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and
by inserting after subsection (j) the following new subsection (k):
“(k) Prospective changes to existing practices related to call detail records
“(1) In general—Consistent with subsection (c)(2)(F), an electronic communication service provider that has been issued an order to produce call detail records pursuant to an order under subsection (c) shall notify the Attorney General if that service provider intends to retain its call detail records for a period less than 18 months.
“(2) Timing of notice—A notification under paragraph (1) shall be made not less than 180 days prior to the date such electronic communications service provider intends to implement a policy to retain such records for a period less than 18 months.”