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Big Brother Is Not Watching You Act

H.R. 3883 · 113th Congress · Jan 15, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

To require the President to implement the recommendations of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Big Brother Is Not Watching You Act”.

Sec. 2 Required implementation of recommendations

(a)
Required action— The President and all Executive Departments and Independent Agencies shall take all such actions, including all necessary rulemaking, needed to implement the 46 enumerated recommendations of the report entitled “Liberty and Security in a Changing World” issued on December 12, 2013, by the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies.
(b)
Grant of authority— The President, Executive Departments, and Independent Agencies are granted all statutory authority necessary and proper to implement the recommendations referred to in subsection (a).

Sec. 3 Deadlines

(a)
Rulemaking— All rulemaking originated pursuant to section 1 of this Act shall be concluded within one year of the enactment of this Act.
(b)
Executive orders— All Executive orders necessary to accomplish the requirements of section 1 of this Act shall be issued within six months of the enactment of this Act.