3.0.0 1339 2023-01-11T13:37:37Z 2023-01-11T13:37:37Z Senate S 2017-06-12 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-12T21:24:16Z A bill to make title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 permanent, and for other purposes. 115 1297 S 2017-06-27 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2017-06-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-06-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2017-06-12 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-06-12 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2017-06-12 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2017-06-12 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2017-06-12 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2017-06-12 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-06-12 True Armed Forces and National Security Business records Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Government information and archives Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Telephone and wireless communication Terrorism Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-06-12 Introduced in Senate 2019-03-25T14:40:56Z Liberty Through Strength Act

This bill gives the National Security Agency (NSA) access to business records, telephone call records, and other tangible items collected prior to November 29, 2015, under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) in the same manner and for the same purposes for which the NSA had access to such records prior to such date. This access is in effect for five years.

The bill amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to make permanent the expiring FISA provision that allows wiretap orders that follow the surveillance target rather than the phone (known as "roving wiretaps").

The bill amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to make permanent the expiring FISA provision that revises the definition of "agent of a foreign power" to include any non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities.

The bill amends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to make permanent title VII of FISA, which allows the Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to jointly authorize the electronic surveillance of non-U.S. persons who are outside the United States.

The federal criminal code is amended to expand the categories of transactional records that the Federal Bureau of Investigation may request from wire or electronic communication service providers about a person or entity for an authorized investigation.

]]> Liberty Through Strength Act Display Title Liberty Through Strength Act 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 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1339is/xml/BILLS-115s1339is.xml 2017-06-12 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.