SAN FRANCISCO, April 8 (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers on

Tuesday sent a letter to President Donald Trump's administration

urging an end to a data agreement with the U.K. and to

renegotiate a new one in the wake of reports that the U.K.

ordered Apple ( AAPL ) to build a backdoor to access encrypted user data.

Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, who chairs the Judiciary

Committee, and Arizona Republican Andy Biggs, who chairs a

subcommittee on surveillance, asked Attorney General Pam Bondi

to end the U.S.-U.K. agreement made under the CLOUD Act.

That agreement, which has been in place since 2019 and was

renewed last year, allows the U.K. government to ask U.S.

companies such as Apple ( AAPL ) to hand over data during

criminal investigations - but not if the targets are U.S.

citizens.

The two members of the U.S. House of Representatives urged

Bondi to "renegotiate it to adequately protect American citizens

from foreign government surveillance," according to the letter,

which was seen by Reuters.

The Washington Post in February reported that the British

government ordered Apple ( AAPL ) to build a system that would give it

powers to view end-to-end encrypted data uploaded by Apple ( AAPL ) users

anywhere in the world - an unprecedented demand that the U.K.

said is aimed at crime prevention and the pursuit of criminals.

Apple ( AAPL ) withdrew its Advanced Data Protection feature for

U.K. users later that month and is appealing the order.

The U.K. order sparked concern among U.S. officials that it

could violate the CLOUD Act agreement between the countries by

allowing the U.K. to obtain the data of U.S. citizens.

CLOUD stands for "clarifying lawful overseas use of

data."

"We are ... concerned that the order exposes all Apple ( AAPL )

users, including American citizens, to unnecessary surveillance

and could enable foreign adversaries and nefarious actors to

infiltrate such a backdoor," the U.S. lawmakers wrote.