US HB2454 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To provide for the public disclosure of information regarding surveillance activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publicly disclose, in a manner consistent with national security, any decision of a court established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) that surveillance activities conducted by the U.S. government have violated a particular U.S. law or constitutional provision. Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to provide information on surveillance activities to Congress, including information regarding: (1) whether the National Security Agency (NSA) or any other element of the intelligence community has ever collected, or made plans to collect, the cell-site location information of a large number of U.S. persons with no known connection to suspicious activity; (2) the type and amount of evidence the DNI believes is required to permit the collection of cell-site information for intelligence purposes; (3) whether NSA or any other element of the intelligence community has ever conducted a warrantless search of a collection of communications in an effort to find the communications of a particular U.S. person (other than a corporation) and, if so, the number of such searches or an estimate of such number; (4) when the U.S. government first began relying on authorities under FISA to justify the collection of records with no known connection to suspicious activity; (5) whether representations made by DOJ to the Supreme Court in the case of Clapper v. Amnesty International USA accurately described the use of authorities under FISA by the government, which of such representations, if any, were inaccurate, and how such representations have been corrected; and (6) FISA court opinions that identified violations of the law, the Constitution, or FISA court orders relating to the collection of information under FISA. Directs the Government Accountability Office, in consultation with the U.S. International Trade Commission, to conduct an assessment of the economic impact, including the impact on the ability of U.S. communication service providers to compete in foreign markets, of bulk collection and surveillance programs conducted under FISA, and to report to Congress on such assessment.
Title
To provide for the public disclosure of information regarding surveillance activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sponsors
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-06-16 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
2015-05-19 | House | Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent) |
2015-05-19 | House | Referred to House Judiciary |
2015-05-19 | House | 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. |
2015-05-19 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law
Specialized courts
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law
Specialized courts
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2454/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2454/BILLS-114hr2454ih.pdf |