3.0.0 3874 2018-02-04T01:35:32Z 2023-01-11T22:19:02Z Senate S S 2006-09-07 109 Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 109 2455 S 2006-09-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 607. Identical bill CRS Related bill House 2006-09-08 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597. Calendars 2006-09-07 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2006-09-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2006-09-11 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2006-09-11 False Crime and Law Enforcement Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional committees (House) Congressional committees (Senate) Congressional oversight Congressional reorganization Congressional reporting requirements Courts of special jurisdiction Criminal investigation Electronic surveillance Freedom of association Freedom of speech Government Operations and Politics House Intelligence Information leaking International Affairs Law President and foreign policy Presidential powers Senate Intelligence Terrorism Warrants (Law) Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2006-09-07 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-24T16:46:26Z Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 - Allows the President to authorize a Terrorist Surveillance Program (Program) of electronic surveillance without a court order for periods of up to 45 days if: (1) the President determines that the surveillance is necessary to protect the United States, its citizens, or its interests, whether inside or outside the United States; (2) there is probable cause to believe that a surveillance subject is an agent or member of a group or organization on the Terrorist Surveillance List (established in this Act); (3) the surveillance is initiated and conducted in a manner reasonably designed to acquire only communications to or from the United States where at least one party to the surveillance is located outside the United States, or the communications appear to originate or terminate outside the United States; (4) there is not a substantial likelihood that the surveillance will acquire the substance of any communication where every party thereto is located within the United States; and (5) procedures are in place for the minimization of privacy infringement standards outlined under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

Directs the President to establish and maintain a Terrorist Surveillance List.

Requires the Attorney General: (1) after the end of each Program period, to review and recommend to the President whether the program should be reauthorized; and (2) to review the surveillance of individual targets within the United States under each Program.

Provides for the creation of Senate and House intelligence subcommittees to oversee and monitor surveillance conducted by the President under each Program. Requires regular subcommittee reports to the full intelligence committees.

Amends federal criminal law to provide criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of information collected under each Program.

]]> Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 Popular Titles Electronic Surveillance bill 9 Library of Congress Display Title Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide in statute for the conduct of electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists for the purposes of protecting the American people, the Nation, and its interests from terrorist attack while ensuring that the civil liberties of United States citizens are safeguarded, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2006-09-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3874pcs/xml/BILLS-109s3874pcs.xml 2006-09-08 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.