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HR 2588 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Telephone and wireless communication

Preventing Unconstitutional Collection Act

Introduced: May 22, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Jun 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 22, 2017
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.
May 22, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preventing Unconstitutional Collection Act

This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require the Department of Justice's and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's procedures for targeting communications of non-U.S. persons located outside the United States to ensure that: (1) only communications sent or received by a targeted person are acquired, and (2) any selection terms used to conduct such acquisition apply to information concerning the sender or recipient and not to the contents of such communications.

What's happening now June 23, 2017

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
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Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · May 22, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2588: Preventing Unconstitutional Collection Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2588/
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"H.R. 2588: Preventing Unconstitutional Collection Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2588/.
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H.R. 2588, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2588/.
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