Bill > S1168

This bill, titled the "Restore Our Privacy Act," aims to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to make surveillance requests more specific and to increase transparency. Key changes include requiring that surveillance requests, particularly those conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for international terrorism investigations, be based on "specific and articulable facts" rather than broader justifications like "international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities," and that any tangible items sought must be relevant to such an authorized investigation. Furthermore, the bill mandates that the Attorney General semiannually report to Congress on the number of requests for tangible items made under FISA, the number of orders granted, modified, or denied, and provide descriptions and effectiveness analyses of these requests, with a portion of this information to be made publicly available while protecting national security.