[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3963-S3964]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1947. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Wyden) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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     SEC. ___. CLARIFICATION ON PROHIBITION ON SEARCHING OF 
                   COLLECTIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS TO CONDUCT 
                   WARRANTLESS SEARCHES FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS OF 
                   UNITED STATES PERSONS.

       Section 702(b) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
     of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a(b)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
     subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and indenting 
     such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, an additional two ems 
     from the left margin;
       (2) by striking ``An acquisition'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--An acquisition''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Clarification on prohibition on searching of 
     collections of communications of united states persons.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     no officer or employee of the United States may conduct a 
     search of a collection of communications acquired under this 
     section in an effort to find communications of a particular 
     United States person (other than a corporation).
       ``(B) Concurrent authorization and exception for emergency 
     situations.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a search for 
     communications related to a particular United States person 
     if--
       ``(i) such United States person is the subject of an order 
     or emergency authorization authorizing electronic 
     surveillance or physical search under section 105, 304, 703, 
     704, or 705 of this Act, or under title 18, United States 
     Code, for the effective period of that order;
       ``(ii) the entity carrying out the search has a reasonable 
     belief that the life or safety of such United States person 
     is threatened and the information is sought for the purpose 
     of assisting that person; or
       ``(iii) such United States person has consented to the 
     search.''.
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