washington small group bipartisan senators introduce bill thursday would block pending judicial rule change allow u.s. judge issue search warrant remote access computers jurisdiction even overseas argue change would expand fbi hack authority one-page legislation democratic senator ron wyden republican senator rand paul would undo change adopt u.s. supreme court private vote last month without congressional involvement procedural rule govern court system republican senator steve daines democrats tammy baldwin jon tester co-sponsoring stop mass hack act magistrate judge currently order search within jurisdiction court typically limit counties dramatic expansion government hack surveillance authority wyden say statement substantive change enormous impact americans constitutional right debate congress maneuver obscure bureaucratic process companion legislation expect house soon wyden office say u.s. justice department push rule change since 2013 portray procedural tweak need modernize criminal code pursue sophisticate 21st century criminals congress dec. vote reject amend postpone change rule 41 federal rule criminal procedure lawmakers fail act change automatically take effect scenario see likely give short timeline civil liberties group alphabet google argue change properly authorize congress could violate u.s. constitution protections unreasonable search seizures many organizations vow lobby congress intensely come months block change would permit judge issue warrant case suspect use anonymizing technology conceal location computer investigation network hack infect computers botnot tensions fbi secretive hack tool also know network investigative techniques play number recent case involve bureau covert seizure dark web child pornography website february 2015 track thousands site visitors two defendants investigation secure rule last month declare warrant use case invalid current limitations rule 41. senators introduce bill block expansion fbi hack authority