A bill to extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until December 31, 2020, expiring provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) concerning: (1) FISA court orders approving roving electronic surveillance, (2) requests for FISA court orders that allow the government to require the production of business records and other tangible things for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, and (3) a revised definition of "agent of a foreign power" that allows surveillance of individual non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as the "lone wolf" provision). (Currently, such provisions are scheduled to expire on June 1, 2015.)

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Timeline

1. 21 April 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2305)

   Source: Calendars

2. 21 April 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

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3. 22 April 2015

   Calendars

   Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.

   Source: Calendars

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Versions

• Placed on Calendar Senate · 22 April 2015 · Download file

Documents

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Sponsors

• Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R · Sponsor

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