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National
Key Vote
Foreign Intelligence Acquisition
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the U.S. to monitor foreign electronic communications routed through the country.
Official Title of Legislation:
S 1927: A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes.
Highlights:
-Permits the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General to authorize, for periods up to a year, foreign intelligence acquisition concerning those reasonably believed to be outside of the U.S., provided that written certification is presented that the procedure does not constitute electronic surveillance under existing law, the surveillance is made with the assistance of a communications provider, and the significant purpose of the acquisition is to obtain foreign intelligence information [Sec. 2].
-Requires procedures to be developed to verify the location of those reasonably believed to be located outside the U.S. [Sec. 2].
-Does not require the written certification to identify the specific premises in which the intelligence acquisition will be directed [Sec. 2].
-Requires the Attorney General to submit for review the location verification procedures established in this act to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court within 120 days of passage, and requires the court to approve of the procedures within 180 days of passage [Sec. 3].
-Allows the court, if it deems the verification procedures erroneous, to issue an order directing the Government to submit new procedures within 30 days [Sec. 3].
-Expires 180 days after passage [Sec. 6 (c)]
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:s1927:
Senate Passage: 08/03/2007 : Bill Passed: 60 - 28 (Record Vote Number 309) House Passage: 08/04/2007 : Bill Passed 227 - 183 (Roll no. 836) President Passage: 08/05/2007 : Signed Became Public Law Number 110-055
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)
Cosponsor:
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