House Bill 7888
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
Became Law
Amendments
Became Public Law 118-49 on Apr 20, 2024
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
7888
Congress
118
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.
Laurel M. Lee
grade
Florida
Question
Table Motion to Reconsider
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
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Summary
Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
This bill reauthorizes Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for five years and makes changes to FISA, including certain restrictions on surveillance under Section 702. (Sec. 702 concerns electronic surveillance of non-U.S. persons believed to be outside the United States to obtain foreign intelligence information. Information about U.S. persons may incidentally be acquired by this type of surveillance and subsequently searched or "queried" under certain circumstances.)
The bill places statutory limits on querying the contents of information collected under Section 702, including
- prohibiting Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) personnel from making U.S. person queries without prior approval by certain FBI supervisors or attorneys unless the query might mitigate or eliminate a threat to life or serious bodily harm;
- requiring the FBI Deputy Director to approve certain politically sensitive query terms (such as those that identify certain elected and appointed officials);
- prohibiting the involvement of political appointees in the approval process for such politically sensitive query requests; and
- requiring the FBI Director to establish consequences for noncompliant querying of U.S. person terms, including zero tolerance for willful misconduct.
Other provisions include
- requiring applications for a surveillance order under FISA to be supported by sworn statements and limiting the use of information in such applications derived from political organizations or media sources,
- increasing criminal penalties related to FISA, and
- requiring adverse consequences (e.g., suspension without pay or removal) for government officers and employees who engage in intentional misconduct with respect to proceedings before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
April 15, 2024
April 12, 2024
April 9, 2024
Amendments (27)
Displaying only amendments with a detailed public record (11)
Apr 19, 2024
Not Agreed to in Senate
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Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1841
To prohibit warrantless access to the communications and other information of United States persons.
Active
Apr 19, 2024
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Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1840
To appropriately address the use of amici curiae in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court proceedings and to require adequate disclosure of relevant information in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 applications.
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Apr 19, 2024
Not Agreed to in Senate
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Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1834
To strike the prohibition on political appointees being involved in the approval of queries by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Apr 19, 2024
Not Agreed to in Senate
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Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1829
To append the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act.
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Apr 19, 2024
Not Agreed to in Senate
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Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1828
To prohibit the use of authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to surveil United States persons, to prohibit queries under such Act using search terms associated with United States persons, and to prohibit the use of information acquired under such Act in any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding or as part of any criminal, civil, or administrative investigation.
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Apr 19, 2024
Not Agreed to in Senate
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Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1820
To strike section 25, relating to definition of electronic communication service provider.
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Apr 12, 2024
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Sponsorship
House Amendment 881
Amendment modifies the definition of electronic communication service provider under section 702, procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons.
Agreed To
Apr 12, 2024
Agreed to in House
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Sponsorship
House Amendment 880
Amendment permits the use of section 702, procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons, information to vet foreigners traveling to the United States.
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Apr 12, 2024
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Sponsorship
House Amendment 879
Amendment modifies the definition of "foreign intelligence" under section 702, procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons.
Agreed To
Apr 12, 2024
Agreed to in House
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Sponsorship
House Amendment 877
Amendment requires the FBI to report to Congress on a quarterly basis the number of U.S. person queries conducted and permits Congressional leadership to attend Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court proceedings.
Agreed To
Apr 12, 2024
Not Agreed to in House
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Sponsorship
House Amendment 876
Amendment sought to prohibit warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, or known cybersecurity threat signatures.
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