House Bill 4124
115th Congress(2017-2018)
USA RIGHTS Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Oct 25, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4124
Congress
115
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
Primary focus of measure is military operations and spending, facilities, procurement and weapons, personnel, intelligence; strategic materials; war and emergency powers; veterans’ issues. Measures concerning alliances and collective security, arms sales and military assistance, or arms control may fall under International Affairs policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Uniting and Strengthening America by Reforming and Improving the Government's High-Tech Surveillance Act or the USA RIGHTS Act
This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to:
- require a warrant to collect communications of or about a U.S. person or a person inside the United States;
- require a warrant when a significant purpose of targeting foreigners is to collect communications of persons in the United States;
- prohibit the use of communications to or from, or information about, U.S. persons or persons in the United States in any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding or investigation, with the exception of national security-related crimes;
- allow individuals who have a reasonable basis to believe their communications will be acquired and who have taken reasonable steps to avoid surveillance to challenge the constitutionality of surveillance in court; and
- require that all forms of technical assistance demanded by the government of electronic communications service providers be approved by a FISA court.
The bill expands the mandate of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to include review of all foreign intelligence activities and whistle-blower complaints.
The bill extends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to September 30, 2021.
October 25, 2017
11/14/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
11/01/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
10/25/2017
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Oversight and Government Reform, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
10/25/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:38:23 PM