[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 12 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1908. Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Wyden) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 195, to amend title 44, 
United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies 
of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and 
employees of the United States, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO QUERY CERTAIN 
                   COLLECTIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS OBTAINED UNDER 
                   CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 
                   SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none 
     of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this Act may be used to conduct a query of information 
     acquired under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a) in an effort to 
     find communications of or about a particular United States 
     person or a person inside the United States.
       (b) Concurrent Authorization and Exception for Emergency 
     Situations.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a query for 
     communications related to a particular United States person 
     or person inside the United States if--
       (1) such United States person or person inside the United 
     States is the subject of an order or emergency authorization 
     authorizing electronic surveillance or physical search under 
     section 105, 304, 703, 704, or 705 of the Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805, 1824, 
     1881b, and 1881d), or under title 18, United States Code, for 
     the effective period of that order;
       (2) the entity carrying out the query has a reasonable 
     belief that the life or safety of such United States person 
     or person inside the United States is threatened and the 
     information is sought for the purpose of assisting that 
     person;
       (3) such United States person or person in the United 
     States is a corporation; or
       (4) such United States person or person inside the United 
     States has consented to the query.
       (c) Queries of Federated Data Sets and Mixed Data.--In 
     addition to subsection (a), none of the amounts appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to 
     conduct a query of a data set, or of federated data sets, 
     that includes any information acquired under Section 702 of 
     the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1881a), unless the system has been configured to not return 
     such information unless the officer or employee enters a code 
     or other information indicating that--
       (1) the person associated with the search term is not a 
     United States person or person inside the United States; or
       (2) if the person associated with the search term is a 
     United States person or person inside the United States, one 
     or more of the conditions of paragraph (2) is satisfied.
       (d) Matters Relating to Emergency Queries.--In the event 
     that a query for communications related to a particular 
     United States person or a person inside the United States is 
     conducted pursuant to an emergency authorization authorizing 
     electronic surveillance or a physical search described in 
     subsection (b)(1) and the application for such emergency 
     authorization is denied, or in any other case in which the 
     query has been conducted and no order is issued approving the 
     query, none of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be used--
       (1) to introduce or otherwise disclose information obtained 
     or evidence derived from such query in any trial, hearing, or 
     other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, 
     department, office, agency, regulatory body, legislative 
     committee, or other authority of the United States, a State, 
     or political subdivision thereof; or
       (2) to use or disclose information concerning any United 
     States person acquired from such query in any other manner by 
     Federal officers or employees without the consent of such 
     person, except with the approval of the Attorney General if 
     the information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily 
     harm to any person.
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