USA FREEDOM Act

H.R. 3361 · 113th Congress · Jun 2, 2014 · Lineage

AN ACT

To reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “USA FREEDOM Act”.

(b)

Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).

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Jun 2, 2014viewing Referred in Senate Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary See what changed
May 22, 2014 Engrossed in House See what changed
Oct 29, 2013 Reported in House Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Amash, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Farr, Mr. Polis, Ms. Chu, Ms. Bass, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Mica, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Petri, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Welch, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Norton, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Massie, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Duffy, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Coble, Mr. Terry, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Pocan, Mr. O’Rourke, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Issa, Mr. Moran, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Honda, Ms. Speier, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Jones, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Long, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Daines, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Bera of California, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) and Financial Services, 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 See what changed
Oct 29, 2013 Introduced in House Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Amash, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Farr, Mr. Polis, Ms. Chu, Ms. Bass, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Mica, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Petri, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Welch, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Norton, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Massie, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Duffy, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Coble, Mr. Terry, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Pocan, Mr. O’Rourke, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Issa, Mr. Moran, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Honda, Ms. Speier, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Jones, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Long, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Daines, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Bera of California, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) and Financial Services, 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

USA FREEDOM Act

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

Sec. 2 Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

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