II 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1725 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 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.

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Short title

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

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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.