Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Improvement and Enhancement Act of 2007
Latest action · Apr 16, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4492-4494)
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.
- IntroducedApr 16, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Improvement and Enhancement Act of 2007 - Prescribes the federal law provisions governing domestic electronic surveillance. Amends title I (Electronic Surveillance) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to prohibit any provision of law from being construed to repeal or modify any provision of such title in any manner unless such provision of law, if enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act, expressly amends or otherwise specifically cites such title.
Directs the President to brief each member of the congressional intelligence committees on: (1) the Terrorist Surveillance Program of the National Security Agency (NSA); and (2) any program which involves the electronic surveillance of U.S. persons in the United States for foreign intelligence purposes which is conducted by any federal department or entity without fully complying with the prescribed federal law provisions.
Requires the Supreme Court to review at least one pending case concerning the constitutionality of the surveillance program.
Revises FISA provisions concerning electronic surveillance to: (1) extend the period for the application for orders for emergency electronic surveillance; and (2) authorize the AG to appoint personnel within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and NSA to authorize emergency surveillance.
Provides for the implementation of a document management system for, and authorizes additional personnel for the preparation and consideration of, electronic surveillance applications.
Authorizes the training of FBI and NSA personnel in foreign intelligence surveillance matters.
Requires a FISA order authorizing electronic surveillance to be supported by a finding of probable cause that the surveillance target is a foreign power or agent thereof.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 16, 2007 to Apr 17, 2007, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Apr 16, 2007 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Apr 17, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Apr 16, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4492-4494)
- Apr 16, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4491-4492)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Constitutional law
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Electronic surveillance
- Employee training
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Foreign agents
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- International Affairs
- Judicial review
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- President and foreign policy
- Supreme Court
- Terrorism
- Warrants (Law)
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2007Introduced in Senate
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