A bill to extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 until July 31, 2015, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-1357
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2015-05-14
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-23
text: Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 195) entered in Senate. (consideration: CR S3314)

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until July 31, 2015, expiring provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) concerning: (1) FISA court orders approving roving electronic surveillance, (2) requests for FISA court orders that allow the government to require the production of business records and other tangible things for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, and (3) a revised definition of &quot;agent of a foreign power&quot; that allows surveillance of individual non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as the &quot;lone wolf&quot; provision). (Currently, such provisions are scheduled to expire on June 1, 2015.)</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 86 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1357 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 14, 2015 Mr. McConnell introduced the following bill; which was read the first time May 18, 2015 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 until July 31, 2015, and for other purposes.

1. Extensions of authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (a) Roving surveillance and access to business records Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 ( 50 U.S.C. 1805 note) is amended by striking June 1, 2015 and inserting July 31, 2015 . (b) Individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers Section 6001(b)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking June 1, 2015 and inserting July 31, 2015 .

May 18, 2015 Read the second time and placed on the calendar