PRESS Act – Journalist Source Protection
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-21 — Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act: cross-connection with protection-against-mass-surveillance-act: Both propose statutory limits on government surveillance affecting individuals’ data (journalists’ sources under PRESS Act; broader population under HR9800). (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-15 — PRESS Act: HR7184 (119th Congress) forwarded by subcommittee to full committee by voice vote on 2026-07-15 — procedural advancement with no new substantive text. (novelty: 2)