National Security Letter Reform Act of 2005
Latest action · Sep 12, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 12, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Security Letter Reform Act of 2005 - Establishes procedures for judicial review of national security letters (NSLs). Authorizes: (1) the recipient of a request for records or other information under federal criminal code provisions concerning counterintelligence access to telephone toll and electronic communication transactional records, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Right to Financial Privacy Act, or the National Security Act of 1947 to petition the U.S. district court for an order modifying or setting aside the request; and (2) the court to modify or set aside a request if compliance would be unreasonable or oppressive.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) challenges to NSL nondisclosure requirements; (2) compelling compliance; and (3) closed hearings, filings under seal, and court review of classified information.
Prohibits a wire or electronic communications service provider from disclosing that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sought or obtained access to information or records if the Director of the FBI certifies that such disclosure may result in a danger to national security, interference with a criminal counterterrorism or counterintelligence investigation, interference with diplomatic relations, or a danger to the life or physical safety of any person.
Sets penalties for violations of NSL nondisclosure provisions where committed with intent to obstruct an investigation or judicial proceeding.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Sep 12, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Sep 12, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9939-9940)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative remedies
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Bank records
- Business records
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Confidential communications
- Consumer credit
- Counterintelligence
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Diplomacy
- Finance and Financial Sector
- International Affairs
- Judicial review
- Law
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Telephone
- Terrorism
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2005Introduced in Senate
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