# 119-hr-2787: Warrant for Metadata Act

119-hr-2787, Warrant for Metadata Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2787
- Congress: 119
- Title: Warrant for Metadata Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-03

## Summary

**Requires a warrant to access electronic communications metadata.** This bill would make the government get a court-issued warrant before obtaining non-content records and metadata from electronic communication and remote computing providers, and it would remove the old 180-day content trigger while reorganizing related statutory language. - Families and individuals: Would strengthen privacy by making subscriber and other non-content metadata available only with a warrant, limiting routine government access. - Law enforcement: Would change the legal standard for obtaining metadata by requiring warrants under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure or comparable state or military warrant procedures, instead of the prior statutory procedures. - Service providers and records requests: Clarifies that any disclosures required before enactment stay under the old rules, but any later expansion or follow-up disclosure is treated as a new request under the warrant requirement.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Warrant needed for your online metadata: benefit, high. This bill would require a warrant before the government could get your metadata from phone or online accounts. Metadata are records about who you contacted, when, and how, not the message text. It would remove the 180-day rule that let older stored content be obtained without a warrant. Warrants wo…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-8516: American Leadership in AI Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2787 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2787)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-8516: American Leadership in AI Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8516)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2787 (as of 2026-10-03).