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HR 2108 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Business records Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Right of privacy

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act

Introduced: April 29, 2015 Introduced by: Himes, James A. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 1, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 29, 2015
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.
Apr 29, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act

Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to include the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board as a recipient of: (1) FISA court procedural rule changes, decisions, and pleadings; (2) the Attorney General's annual report to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Court regarding applications and orders for electronic surveillance; (3) the Attorney General's reports to Congress concerning electronic surveillance, physical searches, pen registers and trap and trace devices, production of business records and other tangible things, the number of persons targeted by the government under FISA authorities, and procedures for targeting persons; (4) reports by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence assessing compliance with minimization procedures for targeting persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States other than U.S. persons, including reviews of the number of targets who were later determined to be located in the United States; and (5) annual reports of each element of the intelligence community authorized to acquire targeted foreign intelligence information.

What's happening now June 1, 2015

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

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