[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1725 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1725

 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to remove 
 retroactive immunity protection for electronic communications service 
 providers that participated in the Terrorist Surveillance Program and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2009

   Mr. Dodd (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Merkley) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to remove 
 retroactive immunity protection for electronic communications service 
 providers that participated in the Terrorist Surveillance Program and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Retroactive Immunity Repeal Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROTECTIONS FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION 
              SERVICE PROVIDERS.

    (a) Repeal.--The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended by the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110-261; 112 Stat. 2436), is amended by striking title VIII 
(50 U.S.C. 1885 et seq.).
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The table of contents in the first 
section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.), as amended by section 202 of the FISA Amendments Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110-261; 112 Stat. 2471), is amended by striking the 
items relating to title VIII.
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