American Privacy Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-3920
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11]
Introduced: 2014-01-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records

First Amendment rights

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Right of privacy

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>American Privacy Protection Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), with respect to the authority of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make an application to a FISA court for an order requiring the production of tangible things (commonly referred to as &quot;business records&quot;), to limit the items that the FBI may seek to tangible things not pertaining to a U.S. person for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person (thus removes the FBI's authority to make such applications for an investigation regarding a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities).</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3920 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2014 Mr. Nugent (for himself, Mr. Bentivolio , Mr. Farenthold , and Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania ) 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 amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to limit the acquisition of certain business records under that Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Privacy Protection Act . 2. Limitations on the collection of certain business records under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1861 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by inserting not pertaining to a United States person after tangible things ; and (ii) by striking or to protect against and all that follows and inserting a period; and (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking solely upon and all that follows and inserting a period; and (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities .