To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the United States Government from accessing and using information of United States persons collected under section 702 of such Act without a warrant.

Bill: 115-hr-6353
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-12
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Evidence and witnesses

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Right of privacy
Latest action: action_date: 2018-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the U.S. government from accessing information concerning a U.S. person acquired under that Act unless pursuant to a warrant. This prohibition applies regardless of whether such information is incidentally collected.</p> <p>The bill bars the use in evidence of any such information against a U.S. person in a criminal proceeding unless pursuant to such a warrant. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6353 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 12, 2018 Mr. Roe of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Permanent 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 prohibit the United States Government from accessing and using information of United States persons collected under section 702 of such Act without a warrant.

1. Prohibition on accessing and using information of United States persons without warrant (a) Warrant required Section 702(f) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1881a(f) ) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following new paragraph: (2) Warrant required Information concerning a United States person acquired under subsection (a), regardless of whether such information is incidentally collected, may not be accessed unless pursuant to a warrant of a district court of the United States. . (b) Limitation on use Paragraph (2) of section 706(a) of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1881e(a)(2) ) is amended to read as follows: (2) United States persons Any information concerning a United States person acquired under section 702 shall not be used in evidence against that United States person under paragraph (1) in any criminal proceeding unless pursuant to a warrant of a district court of the United States. .