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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1168 

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to limit overbroad 

surveillance requests and expand reporting requirements and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 13, 2013 

Mr. SANDERS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 

to limit overbroad surveillance requests and expand reporting requirements and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore Our Privacy 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LIMITING OVERBROAD SURVEILLANCE REQUESTS. 

7 Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 

8 Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘to protect 

2 against international terrorism or clandestine intel3 ligence activities,’’ and inserting ‘‘for an investiga4 tion concerning international terrorism which inves5 tigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of 

6 Investigation,’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘a statement of facts 

10 showing that there are reasonable 

11 grounds’’ and inserting ‘‘specific and 

12 articulable facts giving reason’’; 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘each of’’ before ‘‘the 

14 tangible things’’; 

15 (iii) by striking ‘‘are’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘is’’; and 

17 (iv) by striking ‘‘to protect against 

18 international terrorism or clandestine intel19 ligence activities,’’ and inserting ‘‘an inves20 tigation concerning international terrorism 

21 which investigation is being conducted by 

22 the Federal Bureau of Investigation,’’; 

23 (B) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the 

24 end; 


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1 (C) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ and in2 serting ‘‘and’’; and 

3 (D) by striking clause (iii); and 

4 (3) in subsection (c)(1), after ‘‘the release of 

5 tangible things.’’ by inserting ‘‘For each tangible 

6 thing to be released, the judge shall enter a finding 

7 that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves8 tigation or the Director’s designee has presented 

9 specific and articulable facts giving reason to believe 

10 that the thing is relevant to an authorized investiga11 tion (other than a threat assessment) conducted in 

12 accordance with subsection (a)(2) of this section to 

13 obtain foreign intelligence information not con14 cerning a United States person or an investigation 

15 concerning international terrorism which investiga16 tion is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of In17 vestigation.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER 

19 FISA. 

20 Section 502 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 

21 Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1862) is amended by striking sub22 sections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(a) On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General 

24 shall fully inform Congress concerning all requests for the 


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1 production of tangible things under section 501, including 

2 with respect to the preceding 6-month period— 

3 ‘‘(1) the total number of applications made for 

4 orders approving requests for the production of tan5 gible things under section 501; and 

6 ‘‘(2) the total number of such orders either 

7 granted, modified, or denied. 

8 ‘‘(b) In informing Congress under subsection (a), the 

9 Attorney General shall include the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) A description with respect to each applica11 tion for an order requiring the production of any 

12 tangible things for the specific purpose for such pro13 duction. 

14 ‘‘(2) An analysis of the effectiveness of each ap15 plication that was granted or modified in protecting 

16 citizens of the United States against terrorism. 

17 ‘‘(c) In a manner consistent with the protection of 

18 the national security of the United States, the Attorney 

19 General shall make available to the public the information 

20 provided to Congress under subsection (a).’’. 

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