3.0.0 3242 2022-02-08T23:22:55Z 2022-02-08T23:22:55Z Senate S 2020-01-28 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-01-28T17:28:59Z Ending Mass Collection of Americans’ Phone Records Act 116 1942 HR 2019-05-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS Ending Mass Collection of Americans’ Phone Records Act of 2019 116 936 S 2019-03-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020 116 5675 HR 2020-01-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability. Identical bill CRS 2020-01-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-01-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2020-01-28 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-02-13 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-03-02 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2020-03-10 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-03-10 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2020-03-11 False Armed Forces and National Security Business records Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Employment discrimination and employee rights Evidence and witnesses First Amendment rights Geography and mapping Government studies and investigations Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Judges Judicial procedure and administration Judicial review and appeals Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Racial and ethnic relations Right of privacy Specialized courts Supreme Court Telephone and wireless communication Terrorism Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-01-28 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-19T19:36:45Z Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020

This bill imposes limitations on investigative powers provided under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), reauthorizes certain FISA programs, and makes related changes.

Provisions include

  • reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, FISA authority to obtain business records, but also repealing the power to use such authority to obtain records on an ongoing basis;
  • excluding certain data, such as cell phone location, from FISA authority to access business records;
  • establishing that nonpublic information collected under FISA authority may not be retained for more than three years unless the information includes foreign intelligence information;
  • disallowing the use of FISA-collected business records for criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings except in certain instances, such as cases involving a specific cybersecurity threat from a foreign country;
  • requiring a government entity to notify a targeted person that the entity intends to use in court business records collected under FISA;
  • excluding cell site location and global positioning system information from FISA authority for using a pen register or trap and trace device to collect evidence;
  • reauthorizing to December 15, 2023, the power to treat individual terrorists as foreign agents;
  • expanding the powers of FISA court amicus curiae (outside parties appointed to assist in a case), such as by authorizing the amicus to refer a FISA court decision to the FISA Court of Review; and
  • repealing the government's authority to use National Security Letters to obtain financial or communications records without a court order.
]]> Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020 Display Title Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to protect privacy rights, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3242is/xml/BILLS-116s3242is.xml 2020-01-28 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.