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US S1076
US S1076A bill to modify the roving wiretap authority of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
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112th Congress
Bill Summary
Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to impose limits on roving electronic surveillance by revising specifications and adding directions required to be included in the order of a designated judge approving such surveillance, including, in cases where the facility or place at which the electronic surveillance will be directed is unknown at the time the order is issued, that the electronic surveillance be conducted only for such time as reasonable to presume that the target of the surveillance is or was reasonably proximate to the particular facility or place. Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to make the following FISA provisions, subject to exceptions, read as they read on October 25, 2001 (prior to enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act on October 26, 2001): (1) effective December 31, 2013, provisions specifying the directions to be contained in orders approving electronic surveillance of a foreign power or agent of a foreign power; and (2) effective May 27, 2011, provisions authorizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to apply for orders requiring production of business records and other tangible things in investigations related to foreign intelligence and international terrorism and directing the Attorney General (DOJ) to annually inform Congress of such requests.
AI Summary
This bill modifies the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to place new restrictions on "roving wiretaps," which are surveillance orders that don't specify a particular location but rather follow a target. The bill requires that if the target's location is unknown when a surveillance order is issued, the surveillance can only continue for as long as it's reasonable to assume the target is near the specified facility or place. Additionally, the bill reinstates earlier versions of certain FISA provisions related to the details required in surveillance orders and the FBI's authority to request business records for foreign intelligence investigations, effectively rolling back changes made by the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to how these provisions read before the USA PATRIOT Act was enacted in October 2001.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (on 05/25/2011)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1076/all-info |
| BillText | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1076is/pdf/BILLS-112s1076is.pdf |
| Bill | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1076is/pdf/BILLS-112s1076is.pdf.pdf |
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