Entitled the "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Improvement and Enhancement Act of 2006".

Bill: 109-hr-6056
Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2006-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional-executive relations
Counterintelligence
Courts of special jurisdiction
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Delegation of powers
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Electronic surveillance
Employee training
Evidence (Law)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal officials
Foreign agents
Government Operations and Politics
Government attorneys
International Affairs
Law
Management information systems
President and foreign policy
Terrorism
Transfer of employees
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-12
text: 
States that specified chapters of the federal criminal code relating to electronic surveillance and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) shall provide the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted. 

Prohibits any modification or repeal of any provisions of title I (Electronic Surveillance) of FISA without an express legislative directive. 

Directs the President to brief each member of the congressional intelligence committees on the Terrorist Surveillance Program of the National Security Agency (NSA) and certain other surveillance programs. 

Amends FISA to extend the period allowed for emergency electronic surveillance without a court order. 

Authorizes the Attorney General to delegate the authority to approve an application for electronic surveillance and to appoint certain personnel in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the NSA to authorize emergency surveillance in the United States. 

Authorizes the appointment of additional judges to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. 

Directs the Attorney General to develop and implement a classified document management system to process electronic surveillance applications.

Expands the authority of the President to authorize wartime electronic surveillance without a court order. 

Permits electronic surveillance without a court order of communications between individuals outside of the United States under certain circumstances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-12
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: 2006-09-12
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: 2006-09-12
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: 2006-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-12
text: Introduced in House