A bill to make title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 permanent, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-1297
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2017-06-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill&nbsp;amends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to make permanent&nbsp;title VII of the&nbsp;Foreign&nbsp;Intelligence Surveillance Act&nbsp;of 1978, which is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2017. Among other things, title VII authorizes the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice to jointly authorize the targeting (electronic surveillance)&nbsp;of non-U.S. persons outside of the United States.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1297 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 6, 2017 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mr. Burr , Mr. Risch , Mr. Rubio , Ms. Collins , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. McCain , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Graham , Mr. Thune , and Mr. Perdue ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To make title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 permanent, and for other purposes.

1. Repeal of sunset of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (a) Repeal Section 403 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–261 ; 122 Stat. 2474) is amended by striking subsection (b). (b) Conforming amendment Section 404 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–261 ; 50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking subsection (b).