Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013
Latest action · Sep 13, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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.
- IntroducedAug 2, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013 - Permits each electronic service provider to report information to the public about requests and demands for information made by any government entity under a surveillance law and exempts such provider from liability with respect to that report even if the provider would otherwise be prohibited by a surveillance law from reporting that information.
Allows the provider to report such information not more often than quarterly and only to the extent that the report reveals estimates of the number of such demands and requests made, the number the service provider complied with, and the numbers of users and/or accounts for which information was demanded, requested, or provided.
Permits any estimate disclosed to be: (1) an overall estimate or broken down by categories of, or provisions of, authorizing surveillance laws; and (2) expressed in no greater detail than in a range of 100, rounded to the nearest 100s.
Defines "surveillance law" to include the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and specified sections of the National Security Act of 1947, the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the federal criminal code (dealing with counterintelligence access to telephone toll and transactional records).
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 2, 2013 to Oct 28, 2013, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Original | Aug 2, 2013 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Aug 2, 2013 |
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | Original | Aug 2, 2013 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Aug 2, 2013 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Aug 2, 2013 |
| R-MI | Justin Amash | Original | Aug 2, 2013 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Aug 2, 2013 |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Original | Aug 2, 2013 |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Original | Aug 2, 2013 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Sep 17, 2013 | |
| R-GA | Doug Collins | Oct 28, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Aug 2, 2013Introduced in House
- Aug 2, 2013Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees 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.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1551 | Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act | Related bill | Sep 25, 2013 |
| HR 3361 | USA FREEDOM Act | Related bill | Jun 5, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2013Introduced in House
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