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Surveillance Activities Commission Act of 2006

Introduced: April 27, 2006 See on congress.gov

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Apr 27, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Apr 27, 2006

Introduced in House

Apr 27, 2006

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E658)

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Surveillance Activities Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on Surveillance Activities and the Rights of Americans to conduct an investigation and to study governmental operations with respect to warrantless surveillance conducted inside the United States and intelligence activities, and the extent, if any, to which illegal, improper, or unethical activities were engaged in by any federal, state, or local government agency or employee.

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