Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-2108
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-29
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Business records

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Right of privacy
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act</strong></p> <p>Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to include the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board as a recipient of: (1) FISA court procedural rule changes, decisions, and pleadings; (2) the Attorney General's annual report to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Court regarding applications and orders for electronic surveillance; (3) the Attorney General's reports to Congress concerning electronic surveillance, physical searches, pen registers and trap and trace devices, production of business records and other tangible things, the number of persons targeted by the government under FISA authorities, and procedures for targeting persons; (4) reports by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence assessing compliance with minimization procedures for targeting persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States other than U.S. persons, including reviews of the number of targets who were later determined to be located in the United States; and (5) annual reports of each element of the intelligence community authorized to acquire targeted foreign intelligence information.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2108 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2015 Mr. Himes 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 reports submitted to Congress under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to also be submitted to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act . 2. Submission of reports under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (a) References Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. ). (b) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court rules Section 103(g)(2) ( 50 U.S.C. 1803(g)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (H) The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. . (c) Report of electronic surveillance Section 107 ( 50 U.S.C. 1807 ) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking Administrative Office of the United States Court and to Congress and inserting Administrative Office of the United States Court, Congress, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board . (d) Oversight of electronic surveillance Section 108 ( 50 U.S.C. 1808 ) is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking Congressional ; and (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and inserting the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board . (e) Oversight of physical searches Section 306 ( 50 U.S.C. 1826 ) is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking Congressional ; and (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (A) in the first sentence, by striking the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and inserting the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board ; and (B) in the second sentence, by striking those committees and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and inserting those committees and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board . (f) Oversight of pen registers and trap and trace devices Section 406 ( 50 U.S.C. 1846 ) is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking Congressional ; (2) in subsection (a), by striking the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and inserting the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board ; and (3) in subsection (b), by striking the committees referred to in subsection (a) and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate and inserting the committees referred to in subsection (a) and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board . (g) Oversight of production of certain business records Section 502 ( 50 U.S.C. 1862 ) is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking Congressional ; (2) in subsection (a), by striking the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and inserting the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board ; and (3) in subsection (b), by striking the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and inserting the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board . (h) Semiannual report of the attorney general Section 601 ( 50 U.S.C. 1871 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and inserting the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board ; (2) in subsection (c), by inserting and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board after subsection (a) ; and (3) in subsection (d), by inserting and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board after subsection (a) . (i) Procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons Section 702(l) ( 50 U.S.C. 1881a(l) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. ; (2) in paragraph (2)(D)— (A) in clause (ii), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) in clause (iii)(II), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. ; and (3) in paragraph (3)(C)— (A) in clause (iii), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new clause: (v) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. . (j) Oversight of procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons Section 707(a) ( 50 U.S.C. 1881f(a) ) is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking Congressional ; and (2) by inserting and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board before concerning the implementation of this title .