USA RIGHTS Act

Bill: 115-hr-4124
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2017-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Right of privacy
Specialized courts
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: 

Uniting and Strengthening America by Reforming and Improving the Government's High-Tech Surveillance Act or the USA RIGHTS Act

 
This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to:
 
 
require a warrant to collect communications of or about a U.S. person or a person inside the United States; 
 
require a warrant when a significant purpose of targeting foreigners is to collect communications of persons in the United States; 
 
prohibit the use of communications to or from, or information about, U.S. persons or persons in the United States in any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding or investigation, with the exception of national security-related crimes; 
 
allow individuals who have a reasonable basis to believe their communications will be acquired and who have taken reasonable steps to avoid surveillance to challenge the constitutionality of surveillance in court; and 
 
require that all forms of technical assistance demanded by the government of electronic communications service providers be approved by a FISA court.

 
The bill expands the mandate of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to include review of all foreign intelligence activities and whistle-blower complaints.
 
The bill extends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to September 30, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Oversight and Government Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2017-10-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Oversight and Government Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2017-10-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Oversight and Government Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2017-10-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Oversight and Government Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2017-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Introduced in House