I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1942 
To repeal the authority to access on an ongoing basis business records 
for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Mr. AMASH (for himself and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Permanent Select 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 
A BILL 
To repeal the authority to access on an ongoing basis busi-
ness records for foreign intelligence and international 
terrorism investigations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ending Mass Collec-
tion of Americans’ Phone Records Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO ACCESS ON AN ONGO-
ING BASIS BUSINESS RECORDS FOR FOREIGN 
INTELLIGENCE AND INTERNATIONAL TER-
RORISM INVESTIGATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 501 of 
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1861) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) The authority under paragraph (1) shall not in-
clude an application for an order requiring the produc-
tion— 
‘‘(A) on an ongoing basis of any tangible 
things; or 
‘‘(B) of any tangible things other than those 
identified by the specific selection term included in 
the application pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such Act is 
amended— 
(1) in section 501 (50 U.S.C. 1861)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘in the case of’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘in subparagraph (C)),’’; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(D) as subparagraph (C); and 
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(iv) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by strik-
ing the semicolon at the end and inserting 
‘‘; and’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘with 
subsection (b)(2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘with 
subsection (b)(2)(C)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking sub-
paragraph (F) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(F) in the case of an application for call 
detail records, shall direct the Government— 
‘‘(i) to adopt minimization procedures 
that require the prompt destruction of all 
call detail records produced under the 
order that the Government determines are 
not foreign intelligence information; and 
‘‘(ii) to destroy all call detail records 
produced under the order as prescribed by 
such procedures.’’; 
(C) by amending subsection (j) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(j) COMPENSATION.—The Government shall com-
pensate a person for reasonable expenses incurred for pro-
viding technical assistance to the Government under this 
section.’’; and 
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