Liberty Through Strength Act

Bill: 114-s-2295
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2015-11-17
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Government information and archives

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Liberty Through Strength Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 to postpone amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) that: (1) require the Federal Bureau of Investigation to use specific selection terms when applying for FISA court orders requiring the production of business records or other tangible things for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities; (2) establish additional requirements for production on an ongoing basis of call detail records relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism; and (3) authorize the Department of Justice to require the emergency production of tangible things without first obtaining a court order. The bill postpones the effective date of these amendments, which are currently scheduled to take effect 180 days after the USA FREEDOM Act was enacted on June 2, 2015, to: (1) January 31, 2017; or (2) the date that the President certifies to Congress that such amendments will have no operational impacts on the intelligence community.</p> <p>The bill also amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to make permanent expiring FISA authorities concerning: (1) roving electronic surveillance orders, and (2) a revised definition of "agent of a foreign power" that includes any non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as the "lone wolf" provision). </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2295 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 17, 2015 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To extend the termination date for the authority to collect certain records and make permanent the authority for roving surveillance and to treat individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Liberty Through Strength Act . 2. Extension of authority for collection of certain records under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Section 109(a) of the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–23 ; 50 U.S.C. 1861 note) is amended to read as follows: (a) In general The amendments made by section 101 through section 103 shall take effect on the date that is the later of— (1) January 31, 2017; or (2) the date that the President submits to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a certification that such amendments will have no operational impacts on the intelligence community. . 3. Permanent authority for roving surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–177 ; 50 U.S.C. 1805 note, 50 U.S.C. 1861 note, and 50 U.S.C. 1862 note) is amended by striking and section 105(c)(2) read as they and inserting read as it . 4. Permanent authority for individual terrorist to be treated as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Section 6001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking subsection (b).