[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4802. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) 
to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ACCESS TO CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS COLLECTED UNDER 
                   THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 
                   1978 PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 29, 2015.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Director of the National Security Agency shall have 
     access to all business records collected under section 501 of 
     the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1861) prior to November 29, 2015, in the same manner and for 
     the same purposes that the Director had access to such 
     records prior to such date.
       (b) Requirement To Maintain Business Records.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of 
     the National Security Agency shall maintain each business 
     record referred to in subsection (a) for the 5-year period 
     beginning on the date that such record was acquired under 
     section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
     1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861).
       (c) Effective Period.--The authority for access to business 
     records under subsection (a) shall be in effect during the 5-
     year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
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