FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017
Latest action · Dec 19, 2017 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Intelligence. H. Rept. 115-475, Part I.
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.
- IntroducedNov 29, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017
This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to allow the Department of Justice (DOJ) to target a U.S. person outside of the United States to acquire foreign intelligence when DOJ has already authorized emergency use of electronic surveillance or a physical search related to such person.
DOJ and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence must submit a written notice to Congress before intentionally collecting abouts communications (communications that contain a reference to but are not directed to or from a facility) relating to surveillance of a non-U.S. person outside the United States.
DOJ shall submit to Congress and the Administrative Office of the United States an annual report with: (1) the total number of applications made and extensions of orders approving electronic surveillance; (2) the total number of such orders and extensions granted, modified, or denied; and (3) the total number of persons who were subject to electronic surveillance conducted under an order or emergency authorization.
Each element of the intelligence community must develop and maintain procedures to respond to requests for nonpublic information about U.S. persons.
This bill extends title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through December 31, 2021.
The Government Accountability Office must study the U.S. classified information system and the methods by which the intelligence community protects classified information.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 1, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-SC | Trey Gowdy | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Dec 1, 2017 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 29, 2017 |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Nov 29, 2017Reported Dec 19, 2017 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Nov 29, 2017 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Nov 29, 2017 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Dec 5, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Intelligence. H. Rept. 115-475, Part I.
- Dec 5, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
- Nov 29, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 29, 2017Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Oversight and Government Reform, and Homeland Security, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 20, 2017H.R. 4478, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on December 1, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 194, November 29, 2017, page H9516.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSB10050 | Congress Considers Reform to Queries of FISA Information as Reauthorization Deadline Approaches | Insight | Jan 8, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 139 | FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jan 19, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve foreign intelligence collection and the safeguards, accountability, and oversight of acquisitions of foreign intelligence, to extend title VII of such Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Evidence and witnesses
- Federal officials
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
- Right of privacy
- Subversive activities
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 29, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
