Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3179
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2003-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Bank records
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Civil procedure
Classified defense information
Commerce
Confidential communications
Consumer credit
Criminal investigation
Criminal procedure
Department of Homeland Security
Discovery (Law)
EBB Terrorism
Electronic surveillance
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign agents
Government Operations and Politics
Immigration
International Affairs
Law
Obstruction of justice
Official secrets
Science, Technology, Communications
Searches and seizures
State-sponsored terrorism
Subpoena
Telecommunication industry
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 
Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for imprisonment for not more than one year for knowingly violating nondisclosure provisions under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Right to Financial Privacy Act, or the National Security Act of 1947, and for imprisonment for not more than five years if the violation is committed with the intent to obstruct an investigation or judicial proceeding.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General, in the case of a refusal to comply with a request for records, a report, or other information made to any person under those Acts, to invoke the aid of any U.S. court with jurisdiction to compel compliance.
 
Amends the Classified Information Procedures Act to require (current law allows) the court to permit the United States to request authorization to delete specified items of classified information from documents to be made available to the defendant through discovery, to substitute a summary of the information for such classified documents, or to substitute a statement admitting relevant facts that the classified information would tend to prove.
 
Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to: (1) include individuals who engage in international terrorism or activities in preparation therefor as agents of foreign powers; and (2) make an exception to specified notification procedures in cases involving surveillance in civil proceedings or other civil matters under the immigration laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in House