A bill to provide a 77-day extension of certain authorities for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3501
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-03-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Held at the desk.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill extends through May 30, 2020, certain authorities related to foreign intelligence gathering, such as those relating to accessing certain business records and treating individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers for intelligence purposes.</p>

action_date: 2020-03-16
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This bill extends through May 30, 2020, certain authorities related to foreign intelligence gathering, such as those relating to accessing certain business records and treating individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers for intelligence purposes.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3501 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 16, 2020 Mr. McConnell introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed A BILL To provide a 77-day extension of certain authorities for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, and for other purposes.

1. Seventy-seven-day extension of authority to access certain business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations and for roving surveillance Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–177 ; 50 U.S.C. 1805 note) is amended by striking March 15, 2020 and inserting May 30, 2020 . 2. Seventy-seven-day extension of authority for individual terrorists to be treated as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Section 6001(b)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( Public Law 108–458 ; 50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking March 15, 2020 and inserting May 30, 2020 . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on March 14, 2020.

tv_txt: 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3501 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To provide a 77-day extension of certain authorities for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, and for other purposes.

1. Seventy-seven-day extension of authority to access certain business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations and for roving surveillance Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–177 ; 50 U.S.C. 1805 note) is amended by striking March 15, 2020 and inserting May 30, 2020 . 2. Seventy-seven-day extension of authority for individual terrorists to be treated as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Section 6001(b)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( Public Law 108–458 ; 50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking March 15, 2020 and inserting May 30, 2020 . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on March 14, 2020.

Passed the Senate March 16, 2020. Secretary