[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1168 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1168

  To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to limit 
 overbroad surveillance requests and expand reporting requirements and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2013

  Mr. Sanders 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 limit 
 overbroad surveillance requests and expand reporting requirements 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 ``Restore Our Privacy Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITING OVERBROAD SURVEILLANCE REQUESTS.

    Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1861) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``to protect against 
        international terrorism or clandestine intelligence 
        activities,'' and inserting ``for an investigation concerning 
        international terrorism which investigation is being conducted 
        by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
                            (i) by striking ``a statement of facts 
                        showing that there are reasonable grounds'' and 
                        inserting ``specific and articulable facts 
                        giving reason'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``each of'' before ``the 
                        tangible things'';
                            (iii) by striking ``are'' and inserting 
                        ``is''; and
                            (iv) by striking ``to protect against 
                        international terrorism or clandestine 
                        intelligence activities,'' and inserting ``an 
                        investigation concerning international 
                        terrorism which investigation is being 
                        conducted by the Federal Bureau of 
                        Investigation,'';
                    (B) in clause (i), by adding ``or'' at the end;
                    (C) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' and 
                inserting ``and''; and
                    (D) by striking clause (iii); and
            (3) in subsection (c)(1), after ``the release of tangible 
        things.'' by inserting ``For each tangible thing to be 
        released, the judge shall enter a finding that the Director of 
        the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Director's designee 
        has presented specific and articulable facts giving reason to 
        believe that the thing is relevant to an authorized 
        investigation (other than a threat assessment) conducted in 
        accordance with subsection (a)(2) of this section to obtain 
        foreign intelligence information not concerning a United States 
        person or an investigation concerning international terrorism 
        which investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation.''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER FISA.

    Section 502 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1862) is amended by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) 
and inserting the following:
    ``(a) On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General shall fully 
inform Congress concerning all requests for the production of tangible 
things under section 501, including with respect to the preceding 6-
month period--
            ``(1) the total number of applications made for orders 
        approving requests for the production of tangible things under 
        section 501; and
            ``(2) the total number of such orders either granted, 
        modified, or denied.
    ``(b) In informing Congress under subsection (a), the Attorney 
General shall include the following:
            ``(1) A description with respect to each application for an 
        order requiring the production of any tangible things for the 
        specific purpose for such production.
            ``(2) An analysis of the effectiveness of each application 
        that was granted or modified in protecting citizens of the 
        United States against terrorism.
    ``(c) In a manner consistent with the protection of the national 
security of the United States, the Attorney General shall make 
available to the public the information provided to Congress under 
subsection (a).''.
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