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To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order…

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To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act.

Introduced: March 8, 2018 Introduced by: Turner, Michael R. Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 8, 2018
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.
Mar 8, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to require an application under FISA for electronic surveillance or a physical search to include a certification by a designated executive branch official that none of the facts or circumstances included in the application's statement of facts were solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization for the purpose of gaining an advantage against an opposing political candidate.

What's happening now April 30, 2018

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5235: To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5235/
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"H.R. 5235: To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5235/.
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H.R. 5235, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5235/.
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[H.R. 5235: To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5235/)
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