washington u.s. house representatives vote monday require law enforcement authorities obtain search warrant seek old email technology company win privacy advocate fearful trump administration may work expand government surveillance power house pass measure voice vote legislation expect encounter resistance senate fail advance last year amid opposition handful republican lawmakers house pass unanimously technology company microsoft msft.o lobby congress years pass email privacy act update decades-old law force authorities first get warrant access email digital communications least 180 days old reuterschanneling steve job apple seek design perfection new 'spaceship campusfrom dispute breakup wound still raw u.s. electionislamic state see chance revive fortunes trump presidency currently agencies justice department securities exchange commission need subpoena subject less judicial oversight warrant seek data service provider standard exist since electronic communications privacy act ecpa adopt 1986. supporters bill pass monday say need update date law conceive write rise commercial internet richard salgado director law enforcement information security google googl.o say statement measure would fix constitutional flaw ecpa disagreements aspects surveillance reform disagreement email electronic content deserve fourth amendment protections say senators include republican john cornyn last year seek use legislation vehicle amendments would expand fbi domestic surveillance capabilities effectively kill bill debate law enforcement access americans electronic communications intensify last year fbi seek court order make apple help unlock encrypt iphone link one shooters behind deadly attack san bernardino california privacy advocate express alarm president donald trump ability expand government spy republican campaign law order platform include suggestions may want place mosques unite state surveillance maintain national database muslims microsoft last year file federal lawsuit justice department ecpa allege government use law violate u.s. constitution argue ecpa often use prevent company notify users sometimes indefinitely investigators pry email data store remote servers u.s. house pass bill require warrant search old email