Liberty Through Strength Act

Bill: 115-s-1339
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2017-06-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Government information and archives

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Telephone and wireless communication

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Liberty Through Strength Act</strong></p> <p>This bill gives the National Security Agency (NSA) access to business records, telephone call records, and other tangible items collected prior to November 29, 2015, under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) in the same manner and for the same purposes for which the NSA had access to such records prior to such date. This access is in effect for five years.</p> <p>The bill amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to make permanent the expiring&nbsp;FISA provision that allows wiretap orders that follow the surveillance target rather than the phone (known as "roving wiretaps").</p> <p>The bill amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to make permanent the expiring FISA provision that revises the definition of "agent of a foreign power" to include any non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities.</p> <p>The bill amends&nbsp;the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to make permanent title VII of FISA,&nbsp;which allows the Department of Justice&nbsp;and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to jointly authorize the&nbsp;electronic surveillance of non-U.S. persons who are outside the United States. </p> <p>The federal criminal code is amended to expand the categories of transactional records that the Federal Bureau of Investigation may request from wire or electronic communication service providers about a person or entity for an authorized investigation.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1339 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 12, 2017 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mr. Burr , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Thune , and Mr. Perdue ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide authority for access to certain business records collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prior to November 29, 2015, to make the authority for roving surveillance, the authority to treat individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 permanent, and to modify the certification requirements for access to telephone toll and transactional records by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Liberty Through Strength Act . 2. Access to certain business records collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prior to November 29, 2015 (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the National Security Agency shall have access to all business records collected under section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1861 ) prior to November 29, 2015, in the same manner and for the same purposes that the Director had access to such records prior to such date. (b) Requirement To maintain business records Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the National Security Agency shall maintain each business record referred to in subsection (a) for the 5-year period beginning on the date that such record was acquired under section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1861 ). (c) Effective period The authority for access to business records under subsection (a) shall be in effect during the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. 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 reads 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). 5. 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). 6. Counterintelligence access to telephone toll and transactional records Subsection (b) of section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) Required certification (1) In general The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or his or her designee in a position not lower than Deputy Assistant Director at Bureau headquarters or a Special Agent in Charge in a Bureau field office designated by the Director, may, using a term that specifically identifies a person, entity, telephone number, or account as the basis for a request, request information and records described in paragraph (2) of a person or entity, but not the contents of an electronic communication, if the Director (or his or her designee) certifies in writing to the wire or electronic communication service provider to which the request is made that the information and records sought are relevant to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities, provided that such an investigation of a United States person is not conducted solely on the basis of activities protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (2) Obtainable types of information and records The information and records described in this paragraph are the following: (A) Name, physical address, e-mail address, telephone number, instrument number, and other similar account identifying information. (B) Account number, login history, length of service (including start date), types of service, and means and sources of payment for service (including any card or bank account information). (C) Local and long distance toll billing records. (D) Internet Protocol (commonly known as IP ) address or other network address, including any temporarily assigned IP or network address, communication addressing, routing, or transmission information, including any network address translation information, and session times and durations for an electronic communication, except that such information and records shall not include cell site location information, location information derived from a global navigation satellite system, or domain name information beyond the fully qualified domain name. .