UNITING AND STRENGTHENING AMERICA BY FULFILLING RIGHTS AND ENSURING EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINE OVER MONITORING (USA FREEDOM) ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 2048), S3340, S3342, S3344, S3345, S3346, S3358, S3359, S3371 [31MY], S3408, S3409, S3410 [1JN]

Articles and editorials

Big Brother Takes a Hit—The Courts Give an Assist To Repealing Intrusions Into the Privacy of Everyone, S2774 [12MY]

Intelligence Reform Bill Is Important to Safeguarding Our Security and Privacy, S3012 [19MY]

New Rules for the National Security Agency, S2775 [12MY]

Patriot Act Calls for Compromise in Congress—Proposal on NSA and Phone Records Would Go a Long Way Toward Rebalancing Security and Liberty, S2775 [12MY]

USA Freedom Act—A Smaller Big Brother, S2775 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 2048), H2496 [28AP]

Enact (H.R. 2048): consideration (see H. Res. 255), H2875 [12MY]

Cloture motions

Enact (H.R. 2048), S3340 [31MY], S3427 [2JN]

——— motion to proceed, S3201 [21MY], S3313 [23MY], S3332 [31MY]

Court decisions

Klayman v. Obama relative to legality of bulk collection of phone and Internet metadata: Richard J. Leon, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (excerpt), S3338 [31MY]

Letters

Provisions: Attorney General Lynch and James R. Clapper, Jr., Director of National Intelligence, S3012 [19MY]

——— James C. Duff, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, S3437 [2JN], H2917 [13MY]

——— Michael S. Rogers, National Security Agency, S3275 [22MY]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2915 [13MY]

——— Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H2915 [13MY]

——— Representative Nunes, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H2915 [13MY]

——— several technology associations and groups, S2776 [12MY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 2048), S3201 [21MY], S3299 [22MY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Justice: require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified, H2919 [13MY]

Enact (H.R. 2048), H2901–H2923 [13MY], H2969 [14MY], H3583 [1JN], H3773 [3JN], H3923 [9JN], H5760 [29JY], E701 [14MY], E726 [15MY], E762 [20MY], E883 [11JN]

——— consideration (H. Res. 255), H2892–H2901 [13MY]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (H.R. 2048), S2744 [11MY], S2822–S2825 [13MY], S2898, S2901, S2947 [14MY], S3005 [18MY], S3009, S3012, S3013, S3031 [19MY], S3113–S3175 [20MY], S3270, S3273–S3275, S3283–S3285 [22MY], S3340 [31MY], S3373–S3376, S3379–S3381, S3386–S3397 [1JN], S3419–S3445, S3447 [2JN], S3635, S3651–S3654 [3JN], S6271 [4AU]

——— motion to proceed, S3201, S3207–S3209 [21MY], S3253, S3255, S3261, S3278, S3299, S3300, S3302–S3304 [22MY], S3314, S3315 [23MY], S3324–S3340 [31MY]

——— unanimous-consent request, S3030 [19MY], S3314 [23MY], S3389 [1JN]

Enact (S. 1123), S2772–S2779 [12MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: reform amicus curiae provision, S3429–S3433 [2JN]

National security: extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, S3439 [2JN]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, S3429 [2JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2048, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 255) (H. Rept. 114–111), H2875 [12MY]

Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2048) (H. Rept. 114–109), H2820 [8MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 255, consideration of H.R. 2048, provisions, H2892 [13MY]

H.R. 2048, provisions, H2901–H2914 [13MY]