US SB1070 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 25 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Fourth Amendment Restoration Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to impose limits on roving electronic surveillance by revising specifications and adding directions required to be included in the order of a designated judge approving such surveillance, including, in cases where the facility or place at which the electronic surveillance will be directed is unknown at the time the order is issued, that the electronic surveillance be conducted only for such time as reasonable to presume that the target of the surveillance is or was reasonably proximate to the particular facility or place. Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to make the following FISA provisions, subject to exceptions, read as they read on October 25, 2001 (prior to enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act on October 26, 2001): (1) effective December 31, 2013, provisions specifying the directions to be contained in orders approving electronic surveillance of a foreign power or agent of a foreign power; and (2) effective February 28, 2011, provisions authorizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to apply for orders requiring production of business records and other tangible things in investigations related to foreign intelligence and international terrorism and directing the Attorney General (AG) to annually inform Congress of such requests. Directs the AG to establish minimization and destruction procedures, as specified, governing the acquisition, retention, and dissemination of any records received by the FBI: (1) in response to a national security letter issued under specified federal criminal code provisions authorizing the FBI to request telephone toll and transactional records from wire or electronic communication service providers for counterintelligence purposes, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, or the National Security Act of 1947; or (2) pursuant to the above FISA provisions authorizing the FBI to apply for production of business records and other tangible things and directing the AG to inform Congress of such requests. Sets forth provisions requiring judicial review of certain national security letters and suspicious activity reports.

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Title

Fourth Amendment Restoration Act

Sponsors

Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]

History

DateChamberAction
2011-05-25SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Same As/Similar To

SB1050 (Same As) 2011-05-24 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 66.
SB1077 (Related) 2011-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB1073 (Related) 2011-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB1074 (Related) 2011-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB1075 (Related) 2011-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB1076 (Related) 2011-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB990 (Related) 2011-05-26 - Became Public Law No: 112-14.

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