CLOUD Act

Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act

Acronyms (colloquial)	CLOUD Act
Enacted by	the 115th United States Congress
Effective	March 23, 2018
Citations
Public law	Pub.L. 115–141
Codification
Acts amended	Stored Communications Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Titles amended	18
U.S.C. sections amended	2523
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as (H.R. 4943). by Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA-9] on February 6, 2018 Committee consideration by Judiciary Passed the House of Representatives on March 22, 2018  Passed the Senate as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Division V on March 23, 2018  Signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 23, 2018

The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act or CLOUD Act (H.R. 4943) is a United States federal law enacted in 2018 by the passing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, PL 115–141, Division V.

The CLOUD Act primarily amends the Stored Communications Act (SCA) of 1986 to allow federal law enforcement to compel U.S.-based technology companies via warrant or subpoena to provide requested data stored on servers regardless of whether the data are stored in the U.S. or on foreign soil.^[1]