Protecting Americans from Undue Surveillance Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7331 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7331

To establish a FISA Oversight Office for applications under the Foreign 
                 Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2024

   Mr. Lieu 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 establish a FISA Oversight Office for applications under the Foreign 
                 Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

    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 ``Protecting Americans from Undue 
Surveillance Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. FISA OVERSIGHT OFFICE.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 113. FISA OVERSIGHT OFFICE.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established an office, to be known as 
the `FISA Oversight Office', within the Department of Justice 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the `Office'). The Office--
            ``(1) shall evaluate each application under this title;
            ``(2) excepted as provided in paragraph (3), if the Office 
        determines based on the evaluation under paragraph (1) that the 
        probable cause standard under section 105(a)(2) may not be met, 
        may--
                    ``(A) petition to be joined as a party; and
                    ``(B) file a motion with the court alleging that 
                such standard has not been met; and
            ``(3) if the application is for the surveillance of a 
        United States person and if the Office determines based on the 
        evaluation under paragraph (1) that the probable cause standard 
        under section 105(a)(2) has not been clearly met, shall--
                    ``(A) petition to be joined as a party; and
                    ``(B) file a motion with the court alleging that 
                such standard has not been met.
    ``(b) Access to Information.--The Federal office filing the 
application shall provide the Office all available evidence that 
pertains to an investigation into a United States person. That officer 
is required to notify the Office each time an application is filed with 
the court established under section 103(a).
    ``(c) Report Required.--Not later than 365 days after the effective 
date of this section, the Attorney General and the Director shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing--
            ``(1) the number of applications for which the FISA 
        Oversight Office has filed a motion under subsection (a)(2)(B) 
        or (a)(3)(B) and information regarding the subject of such 
        applications and the information sought to be collected;
            ``(2) the number of such applications that the FISA 
        Oversight Office has declined to challenge, and information 
        regarding the subject of such applications and the information 
        sought to be collected, as well as information regarding the 
        Office's decision not to challenge.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for such Act is 
amended by inserting after the item pertaining to section 112 the 
following:

``Sec. 113. FISA Oversight Office.''.
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