Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement Act of 2017” or the “COVFEFE Act of 2017”.
Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement Act of 2017
A BILL
To amend section 2201 of title 44, United States Code, to require the preservation of Presidential social media accounts, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Requirement for preservation of social media accounts
Section 2201 of title 44, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (1), by inserting “social media,” after “films,”;
in paragraph (2);
in subparagraph (A), by striking “; but” and inserting a semicolon;
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:
“(B) includes any personal and official social media account; but”
in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by inserting after “(ii) personal records” the following: “, except as provided for in subparagraph (B)”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(6) The term social media means any form of electronic communication (such as a website for social networking and microblogging) through which users create an online community to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos).”