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S 1035 114th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Business records Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Terrorism

A bill to extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 21, 2015 Introduced by: McConnell, Mitch Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Apr 22, 2015
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.
Apr 21, 2015
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2305)
Apr 21, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until December 31, 2020, expiring provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) concerning: (1) FISA court orders approving roving electronic surveillance, (2) requests for FISA court orders that allow the government to require the production of business records and other tangible things for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, and (3) a revised definition of "agent of a foreign power" that allows surveillance of individual non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as the "lone wolf" provision). (Currently, such provisions are scheduled to expire on June 1, 2015.)

What's happening now April 22, 2015

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.