3.0.0 2344 2023-01-11T13:32:23Z 2023-01-11T13:32:23Z Senate S 2015-12-02 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-12-02T20:22:24Z Liberty Through Strength Act 114 2295 S 2015-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Liberty Through Strength Act II 114 4270 HR 2016-01-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 114 2048 HR 2015-06-02 Became Public Law No: 114-23. Related bill CRS 2015-12-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-12-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2015-12-03 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2015-12-03 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2015-12-03 False C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2015-12-03 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2015-12-03 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2015-12-03 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2015-12-07 False E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2015-12-07 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2015-12-08 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2015-12-14 False S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2015-12-14 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2015-12-14 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2016-01-27 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2016-01-28 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2016-02-01 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2016-02-23 False S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE 2016-02-29 False Armed Forces and National Security Business records Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Government information and archives Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Telephone and wireless communication Terrorism Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-12-02 Introduced in Senate 2016-01-07T23:24:36Z Liberty Through Strength Act II

This bill requires the National Security Agency (NSA) to have access to business records, telephone call records, and other tangible things collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) prior to November 29, 2015, in the same manner and for the same purposes for which the NSA had access to such records prior to such date (thereby allowing the NSA to access such records in the same manner as prior to the effective date of amendments made by the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015).

The NSA must maintain such records for five years after they are acquired.

The NSA's authority to access such business records under this Act shall be in effect for five years after enactment of this Act.

The bill amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to make permanent expiring FISA provisions concerning: (1) roving electronic surveillance orders, (2) a revised definition of "agent of a foreign power" that includes any non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as the "lone wolf" provision), and (3) authority for the Department of Justice and the Director of National Intelligence to authorize the targeting of non-U.S. persons located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information.

The federal criminal code is amended to: (1) return procedures for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) access to toll and transactional records to how they operated prior to the USA FREEDOM Act in order to allow the FBI (without using a term that specifically identifies a person, entity, telephone, or account) to request the name, address, length of service, and local and long distance toll billing records of a person or entity if the FBI certifies to the wire or electronic communication service provider that such information is relevant to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities; and (2) add electronic communications transactional records as information that the FBI may request under such certification procedures.

]]> Liberty Through Strength Act II Display Title Liberty Through Strength Act II Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide authority for access to certain business records collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prior to November 29, 2015, to make the authority for roving surveillance, the authority to treat individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 permanent, and to modify the certification requirements for access to telephone toll and transactional records by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Liberty Through Strength Act II Introduced in Senate 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2344is/xml/BILLS-114s2344is.xml 2015-12-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.