FISA Reform Act of 2019
This bill requires periodic reports to Congress about surveillance conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to include the identity of any individual targeted for surveillance who is associated with a candidate for President of a major party.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4046 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4046
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide
for certain changes to the semiannual report of the Attorney General to
Congress regarding actions taken under that Act, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 25, 2019
Mr. Meadows (for himself, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Griffith, Mr.
Gosar, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, and Mr. Harris) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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
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A BILL
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide
for certain changes to the semiannual report of the Attorney General to
Congress regarding actions taken under that Act, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``FISA Reform Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Section 601(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
(50 U.S.C. 1871(a)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate, and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives and the Senate'' and inserting the following:
``the Speaker and minority leader of the House of
Representatives and the majority leader and minority leader of
the Senate'';
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(6) the identity of any person targeted for an order
under this Act who is [associated with a candidate for
President of a major party (as defined in section 9002(6) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)].''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in 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.
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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