3.0.0 3369 2023-01-11T13:33:33Z 2023-01-11T13:33:33Z Senate S 2016-09-21 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-21T18:12:14Z 2016-09-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2016-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2016-09-21 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2016-09-21 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2016-09-21 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2016-09-21 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2016-09-21 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2016-09-26 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2016-09-26 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2016-11-15 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2016-11-09T19:53:02Z Empowering Law Enforcement to Keep America Safe Act of 2016

This bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the categories of subscriber transactional records that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may request from wire or electronic communication service providers about a person or entity for an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities.

Under current law, the FBI may request a person's or an entity's name, address, length of service, and telephone toll billing records. The bill allows the FBI to also request:

  • email addresses, telephone numbers, instrument numbers, or other account identifying information;
  • means and sources of payment (including card or bank account information);
  • account numbers, login history, service start dates, or types of services;
  • IP addresses or network addresses; or
  • communication addressing, routing, or transmission information (excluding cell tower information), session times, or durations for an electronic communication.

The bill prohibits the FBI from requesting the contents of an electronic communication.

The bill also amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to make permanent the government's authority to track a non-U.S. person who engages in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as a "lone wolf") under the same evidentiary standards that apply to an agent of a foreign power under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. (Currently, this provision is scheduled to expire on December 15, 2019.)

]]> Empowering Law Enforcement to Keep America Safe Act of 2016 Display Title Empowering Law Enforcement to Keep America Safe Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that the Government may obtain a specified set of electronic communication transactional records under that section, and to make permanent the authority for individual terrorists to be treated as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Empowering Law Enforcement to Keep America Safe Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3369is/xml/BILLS-114s3369is.xml 2016-09-21 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.