Telephone Surveillance Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2684
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2013-07-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Evidence and witnesses

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Specialized courts

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-11
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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Telephone Surveillance Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 to prohibit a person from searching telephony metadata acquired pursuant to an order to produce any tangible thing, unless: (1) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) makes an application to a FISA court judge that includes a statement of facts showing a reasonable, articulable suspicion that the basis of the search is material and specifically relevant to an authorized investigation; and (2) the judge finds that there is such a reasonable, articulable suspicion and enters an order authorizing such search.</p> <p>Defines "telephony metadata" to mean communications routing information, including session identifying information, an original or terminating telephone number, an International Mobile Subscriber Identity, an International Mobile Station Equipment Identity, a trunk identifier, a telephone calling card number, and the time or duration of a call.</p> <p>Requires the Director to submit to the House and Senate intelligence committees a monthly report describing each search of telephony metadata made during the preceding month pursuant to such an order.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2684 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 11, 2013 Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mr. Cartwright , and Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the 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 require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report and obtain court approval for broad telephony metadata collection searches, and for other purposes.

1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Telephone Surveillance Accountability Act of 2013 . 2. Limits on Searching Telephony Metadata in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (i) Limits on Searching Telephony Metadata (1) Court Approval for Searching Telephony Metadata No person may search telephony metadata acquired pursuant to a production order under subsection (a)(1) unless— (A) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation makes an application to a judge of the court established by section 103(a) that includes a statement of facts showing that there is a reasonable, articulable suspicion that the basis of the search is material and specifically relevant to an authorized investigation; and (B) the judge finds that there is a reasonable, articulable suspicion that the basis of the search is material and specifically relevant to an authorized investigation and enters an order authorizing such search. (2) Definitions In this subsection: (A) The term production order means an order to produce any tangible thing under this section. (B) The term telephony metadata means communications routing information, including session identifying information, an original or terminating telephone number, an International Mobile Subscriber Identity, an International Mobile Station Equipment Identity, a trunk identifier, a telephone calling card number, and the time or duration of a call. . 3. Congressional Oversight for Production Orders of Telephony Metadata in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Section 502 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall monthly submit to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report describing each search made during the preceding month of telephony metadata pursuant to an order under section 501(i)(1)(B). .