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119-hr-3537119th Congress

Targeting Child Predators Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Fry, Russell [R-SC-7]

Introduced

Summary

Creates a certification-based nondisclosure regime for certain administrative subpoenas that lets a federal official delay disclosure when disclosure could harm safety or an investigation. It also sets up a new, sealed judicial review process and transfers issuing authority from the Treasury to the Department of Homeland Security.

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  • Recipients (businesses or individuals served with a subpoena) may face a 180-day nondisclosure if the subpoena includes a certification that disclosure could endanger life, cause flight, destroy evidence, intimidate witnesses, or seriously jeopardize an investigation. They may only share the subpoena with people needed to comply, with an attorney, or others approved by the issuing official, and those recipients remain bound by the secrecy requirement.
  • Federal investigators gain a tool to keep subpoenas secret while an investigation proceeds. The government must seek a court order within 30 days during review, and courts may grant ex parte 180-day extensions or longer when justified.
  • Courts and the review process must move quickly and operate under secrecy. Section 3486A lets recipients ask for judicial review in specified district courts, requires expedited rulings, and mandates closed hearings and sealed filings to prevent unauthorized disclosure.

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DHS lead and fewer court steps

This bill would remove the words “ordered by a court” for a set of administrative subpoenas, which could allow issuance without a prior court order. It would also name the Department of Homeland Security, instead of the Treasury, as the issuing authority in the relevant statute. If enacted, recipients could see faster record requests with fewer upfront judicial checks, and DHS would handle these subpoenas.

Temporary secrecy for some subpoenas

This bill would add a 180-day gag rule for certain administrative subpoenas when an official certifies specific risks. The risks include danger to someone’s safety, flight from prosecution, destroying or tampering with evidence, intimidating witnesses, or seriously jeopardizing an investigation. You could tell only people needed to comply, your lawyer, or others the official allows, and they would have to keep it secret too. You could notify the Government or ask a court to review; the Government would have 30 days to seek a court order. Courts could extend the secrecy for 180 days at a time, or longer if needed, and hearings and filings could be sealed.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Fry, Russell [R-SC-7]

SC • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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