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AMENDMENT TO H.R. ll
OFFERED BY MR. BIGGS OF ARIZONAPage 14, strike line 15 and all that follows throughline 17 on page 15. and insert the following:
1(a) PROHIBITION ON WARRANTLESS QUERIES FOR

2THE COMMUNICATIONS OF UNITED STATES PERSONS.—

3 Section 702(f) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
4 of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a(f))—5(1) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘and the6limitations and requirements in paragraph (2)’’ after7‘‘Constitution of the United States’’;89(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (7); and10
11(3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting thefollowing:12‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON WARRANTLESS QUERIES

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FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER INFORMA-

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TION OF UNITED STATES PERSONS.—

15‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

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subparagraphs (B) and (C), no officer or em-

17ployee of the United States may conduct a18

query of information acquired under this sec-

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tion for the purpose of finding communications

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or information the compelled production of2

which would require a probable cause warrant3

if sought for law enforcement purposes in the4

United States, of a United States person.

5‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS FOR CONCURRENT AU-

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THORIZATION,

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TIONS, AND CERTAIN DEFENSIVE CYBERSECU-

8RITY QUERIES.—

EMERGENCYSITUA-9‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A)10shall not apply to a query related to a11

United States person if—

12‘‘(I) such person is the subject of13an order or emergency authorization

14

authorizing electronic surveillance or

15physical search under section 105 (5016

U.S.C. 1805) or section 304 (5017

U.S.C. 1824) of this Act, or a war-

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rant issued pursuant to the Federal

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Rules of Criminal Procedure by a20

court of competent jurisdiction;

21‘‘(II)(aa) the officer or employee

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conducting the query has a reasonable23belief that—

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CONSENT,

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involving an imminent threat of3

death or serious bodily harm; and4‘‘(BB) in order to prevent or5

mitigate the threat described in6

subitem (AA), the query must be7

conducted before authorization

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described in subclause (I) can,9with due diligence, be obtained;

10and11‘‘(bb) a description of the query12

is provided to the Foreign Intelligence

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Surveillance Court and the congres-14

sional intelligence committees and the15

Committees on the Judiciary of the16

House of Representatives and of the17

Senate in a timely manner;

18‘‘(III) such person or, if such

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person is incapable of providing con-20

sent, a third party legally authorized21

to consent on behalf of such person,

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has provided consent to the query on23

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known cybersecurity threat signature3

as a query term;4‘‘(bb) the query is conducted, and5

the results of the query are used, for6

the sole purpose of identifying tar-7

geted recipients of malicious software

8and preventing or mitigating harm

9from such malicious software;

10‘‘(cc) no additional contents of

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communications acquired as a result12of the query are accessed or reviewed;

13and14‘‘(dd) each such query is reported

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to the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-

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lance Court.

17‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.—

18‘‘(I) USE IN SUBSEQUENT PRO-

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CEEDINGS.—No

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pursuant to a query authorized under21

clause (i)(II) or information derived

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from the information acquired pursu-

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ant to such query may be used, re-24

ceived in evidence, or otherwise dis-25

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other proceeding in or before any

2court, grand jury, department, office,3agency, regulatory body, legislative

4committee, or other authority of the5United States, a State, or political

6subdivision thereof, except in a pro-

7ceeding that arises from the threat

8that prompted the query.

9‘‘(II) ASSESSMENT OF COMPLI-

10ANCE.—Not

11nually, the Attorney General shall as-

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sess compliance with the requirements

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under subclause (I).

14‘‘(C) MATTERS RELATING TO EMERGENCY

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QUERIES.—16‘‘(i) TREATMENTOF

DENIALS.—In17

the event that a query for communications

18or information, the compelled production of19

which would require a probable cause war-20rant if sought for law enforcement pur-21

poses in the United States, of a United

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States person is conducted pursuant to an

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emergency authorization described in sub-24

paragraph (B)(i)(I) and the subsequent

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application for such surveillance pursuant

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to section 105(e) (50 U.S.C. 1805(e)) or2

section 304(e) (50 U.S.C. 1824(e)) of this3

Act is denied, or in any other case in which4

the query has been conducted in violation

5of this paragraph—6‘‘(I) no information acquired or7

evidence derived from such query may

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be used, received in evidence, or other-9wise disseminated in any trial, hear-10

ing, or other proceeding in or before11

any court, grand jury, department, of-12

fice, agency, regulatory body, legisla-

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tive committee, or other authority of

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the United States, a State, or political

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subdivision thereof; and16‘‘(II) no information concerning

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any United States person acquired

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from such query may subsequently be

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used or disclosed in any other manner

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without the consent of such person,

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except in the case that the Attorney

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General approves the use or disclosure

23of such information in order to pre-24

vent death or serious bodily harm to25

any person.

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Not less frequently than annually, the At-3torney General shall assess compliance4with the requirements under clause (i).

5‘‘(D) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PURPOSE.—

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Except as provided in subparagraph (B)(i)(II)-

7(IV), no officer or employee of the United

8States may conduct a query of information ac-

9quired under this section for the purpose of10

finding information of a United States person

11

unless the query is reasonably likely to retrieve

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foreign intelligence information.

13‘‘(3) DOCUMENTATION.—No officer or employee

14of the United States may conduct a query of infor-

15

mation acquired under this section for the purpose

16of finding information of or about a United States

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person, unless an electronic record is created that in-18

cludes the following:

19‘‘(A) Each term used for the conduct of20

the query.

21‘‘(B) The date of the query.

22‘‘(C) The identifier of the officer or em-23ployee.

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5in paragraph (2)(B)(i); and6‘‘(ii) is—7‘‘(I) reasonably likely to retrieve

8foreign intelligence information; or9‘‘(II) in furtherance of an excep-

10tion11through (IV) of paragraph (2)(B)(i).

insubclauses

(II)

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‘‘(4) QUERY RECORD SYSTEM.—The head of

13each agency that conducts queries shall ensure that14

a system, mechanism, or business practice is in place15

to maintain the record described in paragraph (3).

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Not later than 90 days after enactment of this para-

17graph, the head of each agency shall report to Con-

18gress on its compliance with this procedure.

19‘‘(5) PROHIBITION ON RESULTS OF METADATA20QUERY AS A BASIS FOR ACCESS TO COMMUNICA-

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TIONS AND OTHER PROTECTED INFORMATION.—If a22

query of information acquired under this section is23

conducted for the purpose of finding communica-

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tions metadata of a United States person and the25query returns such metadata, the communications

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content associated with the metadata may not be re-2

viewed except as provided under paragraph (2)(B)(i)3of this subsection.

4‘‘(6) FEDERATED DATASETS.—The prohibitions

5and requirements under this subsection shall apply

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to queries of federated and mixed datasets that in-7

clude information acquired under this section, unless8

each agency has established a system, mechanism, or9business practice to limit the query to information

10not acquired under this section.’’.

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