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H.R. 7834119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
Safe Cloud Storage Act
Sponsored by Rep. Laurel M. Lee (R-FL) · 5 active : 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 16, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSafe Cloud Storage Act
This bill limits the civil and criminal liability of vendors that contract with law enforcement agencies to provide digital storage services (e.g., cloud-based storage) for storing, maintaining, and processing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in investigations of online child sexual exploitation.
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Under current law, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) receives reports of online child sexual exploitation via its CyberTipline, evaluates and prioritizes the reports, and refers the reports to law enforcement agencies to investigate. Currently, federal law limits the liability of vendors that contract directly with the NCMEC to store and transfer CSAM. However, federal law does not limit the liability of vendors that contract with law enforcement agencies to assist in investigations.
This bill establishes liability protections for vendors that contract with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to store, maintain, and process CSAM in investigations of online child sexual exploitation. Specifically, the bill prohibits a civil claim or criminal charge in federal or state court against such a vendor, so long as the vendor has not engaged in intentional misconduct or negligent conduct, acted with malice or reckless disregard, or acted for a purpose unrelated to its contractual duties.
The bill requires vendors to comply with cybersecurity requirements for CSAM that is stored, maintained, or processed. The bill also requires vendors to comply with storage requirements for CSAM that is retained as evidence.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Civil actions and liability
- Computer security and identity theft
- Crimes against children
- Digital media
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Evidence and witnesses
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Photography and imaging
- Pornography
- Public contracts and procurement
- Sex offenses
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 66Middle 30–70
- 27Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
5 activeShow all 5 cosponsors
- Brad Knott (R-NC-13)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN-9)
- John J. McGuire (R-VA-5)
- Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
