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HR 3920 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Business records First Amendment rights Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Right of privacy Terrorism

American Privacy Protection Act

Introduced: January 16, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Mar 20, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jan 16, 2014
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
Jan 16, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Privacy Protection Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), with respect to the authority of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make an application to a FISA court for an order requiring the production of tangible things (commonly referred to as "business records"), to limit the items that the FBI may seek to tangible things not pertaining to a U.S. person for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person (thus removes the FBI's authority to make such applications for an investigation regarding a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities).

What's happening now March 20, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
Farenthold, Blake
· Jan 16, 2014
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Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jan 16, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3920: American Privacy Protection Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3920/
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"H.R. 3920: American Privacy Protection Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3920/.
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H.R. 3920, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3920/.
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[H.R. 3920: American Privacy Protection Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3920/)
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