To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act.

Bill: 116-hr-5488
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2019-12-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal justice information and records

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Evidence and witnesses

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Specialized courts

Subversive activities

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires an application under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978&nbsp;for electronic surveillance or&nbsp;a physical&nbsp;search&nbsp;to include a certification by a designated executive branch official that&nbsp;none of the facts or circumstances included in the application's statement of facts were solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization for gaining an advantage against an opposing political candidate. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5488 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2019 Mr. Turner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence , 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 ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act.

1. Prohibition on use of politically derived information in applications for certain orders by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (a) Title I orders Section 104(a)(6) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1804 ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: (F) that none of the facts or circumstances included in the statement described in paragraph (3) were solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization (as defined in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for the purpose of gaining an advantage against, or otherwise conducting research on, an opposing political candidate. . (b) Title III orders Section 303(a)(6) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1823 ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: (F) that none of the facts or circumstances included in the statement described in paragraph (3) were solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization (as defined in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for the purpose of gaining an advantage against, or otherwise conducting research on, an opposing political candidate. .