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: 118-hr-4454
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2023-06-30
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-30
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: 2023-06-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires each application for electronic surveillance or physical search court orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to contain a designated senior official's certification that none of the information used in support of the application was derived solely from a political organization's research on an opposing political candidate. Such information may be used if (1) the political organization that produced the information is clearly identified, and (2) other clearly identified investigate techniques have been used to corroborate the information.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4454 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 30, 2023 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 information included in the statement described in paragraph (3) was 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, unless— (i) the political organization that produced the information is clearly identified in the body of the statement; (ii) the information has been corroborated by other investigative techniques; and (iii) the investigative techniques used to corroborate the information are clearly identified in the body of the statement. . (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 information included in the statement described in paragraph (3) was 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, unless— (i) the political organization that produced the information is clearly identified in the body of the statement; (ii) the information has been corroborated by other investigative techniques; and (iii) the investigative techniques used to corroborate the information are clearly identified in the body of the statement. .