Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

114th Congress · Approved Jun 2, 2015 · 129 Stat. 268 · 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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short Title; Table of Contents.

(a)

Short Title.— This Act may be cited as the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015” or the “USA FREEDOM Act of 2015”.

(b)

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

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

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

TITLE I— FISA BUSINESS RECORDS REFORMS

Sec. 101. Additional requirements for call detail records.

Sec. 102. Emergency authority.

Sec. 103. Prohibition on bulk collection of tangible things.

Sec. 104. Judicial review.

Sec. 105. Liability protection.

Sec. 106. Compensation for assistance.

Sec. 107. Definitions.

Sec. 108. Inspector General reports on business records orders.

Sec. 109. Effective date.

Sec. 110. Rule of construction.

TITLE II— FISA PEN REGISTER AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE REFORM

Sec. 201. Prohibition on bulk collection.

Sec. 202. Privacy procedures.

TITLE III— FISA ACQUISITIONS TARGETING PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES REFORMS

Sec. 301. Limits on use of unlawfully obtained information.

TITLE IV— FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT REFORMS

Sec. 401. Appointment of amicus curiae.

Sec. 402. Declassification of decisions, orders, and opinions.

TITLE V— NATIONAL SECURITY LETTER REFORM

Sec. 501. Prohibition on bulk collection.

Sec. 502. Limitations on disclosure of national security letters.

Sec. 503. Judicial review.

TITLE VI— FISA TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 601. Additional reporting on orders requiring production of business records; business records compliance reports to Congress.

Sec. 602. Annual reports by the Government.

Sec. 603. Public reporting by persons subject to FISA orders.

Sec. 604. Reporting requirements for decisions, orders, and opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.

Sec. 605. Submission of reports under FISA.

TITLE VII— ENHANCED NATIONAL SECURITY PROVISIONS

Sec. 701. Emergencies involving non-United States persons.

Sec. 702. Preservation of treatment of non-United States persons traveling outside the United States as agents of foreign powers.

Sec. 703. Improvement to investigations of international proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Sec. 704. Increase in penalties for material support of foreign terrorist organizations.

Sec. 705. Sunsets.

TITLE VIII— SAFETY OF MARITIME NAVIGATION AND NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTIONS IMPLEMENTATION

Subtitle A— Safety of Maritime Navigation

Sec. 801. Amendment to section 2280 of title 18, United States Code.

Sec. 802. New section 2280a of title 18, United States Code.

Sec. 803. Amendments to section 2281 of title 18, United States Code.

Sec. 804. New section 2281a of title 18, United States Code.

Sec. 805. Ancillary measure.

Subtitle B— Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism

Sec. 811. New section 2332i of title 18, United States Code.

Sec. 812. Amendment to section 831 of title 18, United States Code.

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, 2015reading now Pub. L. 114–23 Enacted
Jun 2, 2015 H.R. 2048 · Enrolled Bill Congress
May 14, 2015 H.R. 2048 · Placed on Calendar Senate Senate Received; read the first time
May 13, 2015 H.R. 2048 · Engrossed in House House
Apr 28, 2015 H.R. 2048 · Reported in House House Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Issa, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Pierluisi, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Mr. Trott, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Farenthold) 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
Apr 28, 2015 H.R. 2048 · Introduced in House House Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Issa, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Pierluisi, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Mr. Trott, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Farenthold) 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

Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

SECTION 1. Short Title; Table of Contents.

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

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