NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

Articles and editorials

Crucial Vote on the Surveillance Bill, S6033 [18NO]

NSA Reform Takes Its First Steps, H4797 [22MY]

NSA Reform That Only ISIS Could Love, S6028 [18NO]

Reining in the NSA Is Something That All Americans Can Embrace, S6033 [18NO]

Senate Should Approve a Bipartisan Proposal To Reform the NSA, S6033 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: limit acquisition of certain business records (see H.R. 3920), H1241 [16JA]

Civil liberties: end the bulk collection of records under the telephone metadata program (see H.R. 3875), H223 [14JA]

Committee on the Investigation of Leaks Concerning Certain Activities of the National Security Agency (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 343), S763 [4FE]

Committees of the Senate: clarify responsibility in the provision of advice and consent of the Senate to nominations to positions in the intelligence community (see S. Res. 470), S3604 [11JN]

Congress: provide reports on the use of electronic surveillance, the use of business records, and investigation of non U.S. person to certain additional congressional committees (see H.R. 3881), H472 [15JA]

Dept. of Defense: request copies of any emails that were transmitted to or from the email account(s) of former IRS Exempt Organizations Division Director Lois G. Lerner (see H. Res. 649), H5768 [25JN]

GAO: produce annual reports on the effectiveness of National Security Agency programs (see H.R. 3882), H472 [15JA]

Information technology: restrict ability of the Federal Government to undermine privacy and encryption technology in commercial products and in NIST computer security and encryption standards (see S. 2500), S3863 [19JN]

Intelligence services: end the bulk collection of records under National Security Agency telephone metadata program and reform Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and intelligence collections procedures (see H.R. 4291), H2644 [25MR]

——— modify the purposes of authorized collection of business records, prohibit the bulk collection of metadata, and require judicial review of national security letters (see S. 2093), S1365 [6MR]

NIST: remove the National Security Agency from the list of entities consulted during development of information systems standards and guidelines (see H.R. 5099), H6215 [14JY]

Presidential appointments: provide for the Inspector General to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (see S. 2439), S3474 [5JN] (see H.R. 4533), H3363 [30AP]

President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies: require implementation of recommendations (see H.R. 3883), H472 [15JA]

Telecommunications: sunset certain laws relative to surveillance activities and roving wiretaps (see H.R. 3880), H472 [15JA]

Letters

National Security Agency gathering of foreign intelligence information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act using U.S. person identifiers: James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, H5545 [19JN]

Remarks in House

Civil liberties: end the bulk collection of records under the telephone metadata program, H2953 [4AP]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding for intelligence community to subvert or interfere with the integrity of any cryptographic standard that is proposed, developed, or adopted by NIST, H5540, H5541 [19JN], E1048 [23JN]

——— prohibit funding to gather foreign intelligence information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act using U.S. person identifiers, H5544–H5547 [19JN], H8372 [4DE], E1048 [23JN], E1079 [26JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: prohibit reverse targeting and protect rights of persons inside the U.S. communicating with people abroad who are under surveillance, H4797 [22MY]

Intelligence services: end the bulk collection of records under National Security Agency telephone metadata program and reform Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and intelligence collections procedures (H.R. 4291), H4799 [22MY], E834 [23MY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, H2477 [14MR]

Remarks in Senate

Civil liberties: end the bulk collection of records under the telephone metadata program, S838 [10FE]

Committee on the Investigation of Leaks Concerning Certain Activities of the National Security Agency (Senate, Select): establish (S. Res. 343), S767 [4FE]

Committees of the Senate: clarify responsibility in the provision of advice and consent of the Senate to nominations to positions in the intelligence community (S. Res. 470), S3620 [11JN], S4204 [7JY]

Director and Inspector General: require to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, S104 [8JA]

National security: affirm importance of agency mission and include review of recommendations of President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies in efforts to reform surveillance programs, S104 [8JA]

Reports filed

Request Copies of Dept. of Defense Emails That Were Transmitted To or From the Email Account(s) of Lois G. Lerner: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H. Res. 649) (H. Rept. 113–547), H6654 [22JY]

Texts of

S. Res. 343, Committee on the Investigation of Leaks Concerning Certain Activities of the National Security Agency (Senate, Select) establishment, S765–S767 [4FE]

S. Res. 470, clarify committees of the Senate responsibility in the provision of advice and consent of the Senate to nominations to positions in the intelligence community, S3606 [11JN]