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S 1725 111th Congress Senate

Retroactive Immunity Repeal Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to remove retroactive immunity protection for electronic communications service providers tha… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to remove retroactive immunity protection for electronic communications service providers that participated in the Terrorist Surveillance Program and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 29, 2009 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Civil actions and liabilityIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationTelephone and wireless communication
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It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 29, 2009
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 Latest action September 29, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Retroactive Immunity Repeal Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to repeal provisions relating to retroactive immunity protection for electronic communication service providers that participated in the Terrorist Surveillance Program.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Sep 29, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1725: Retroactive Immunity Repeal Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1725/
MLA
"S. 1725: Retroactive Immunity Repeal Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1725/.
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S. 1725, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1725/.
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[S. 1725: Retroactive Immunity Repeal Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1725/)
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