S.Amdt. 3857

SA 3857. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Leahy, and
Mr. Nelson of Florida) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2248, to amend the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of
that Act, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

Strike section 102, and insert the following:

SEC. 102. STATEMENT OF EXCLUSIVE MEANS BY WHICH ELECTRONIC
SURVEILLANCE AND INTERCEPTION OF CERTAIN
COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE CONDUCTED.

(a) Statement of Exclusive Means.--Title I of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

``STATEMENT OF EXCLUSIVE MEANS BY WHICH ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE AND
INTERCEPTION OF CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE CONDUCTED

``Sec. 112.  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the
procedures of chapters 119, 121 and 206 of title 18, United
States Code, and this Act shall be the exclusive means by
which electronic surveillance (as defined in section 101(f),
regardless of the limitation of section 701) and the
interception of domestic wire, oral, or electronic
communications may be conducted.
``(b) Only an express statutory authorization for
electronic surveillance or the interception of domestic,
wire, oral, or electronic communications, other than as an
amendment to this Act or chapters 119, 121, or 206 of title
18, United States Code, shall constitute an additional
exclusive means for the purpose of subsection (a).''.
(b) Offense.--Section 109 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1809) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``authorized by
statute'' each place it appears in such section and inserting
``authorized by this Act, chapter 119, 121, or 206 of title
18, United States Code, or any express statutory
authorization that is an additional exclusive means for
conducting electronic surveillance under section 112.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Definition.--For the purpose of this section, the
term `electronic surveillance' means electronic surveillance
as defined in section 101(f) of this Act regardless of the
limitation of section 701 of this Act.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Title 18, united states code.--Section 2511(2) of title
18, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (a), by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) If a certification under subparagraph (ii)(B) for
assistance to obtain foreign intelligence information is
based on statutory authority, the certification shall
identify the specific statutory provision, and shall certify
that the statutory requirements have been met.''; and
(B) in paragraph (f), by striking ``, as defined in section
101 of such Act,'' and inserting ``(as defined in section
101(f) of such Act regardless of the limitation of section
701 of such Act)''.
(2) Table of contents.--The table of contents in the first
section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
(50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended by adding after the item
relating to section 111, the following:

``Sec. 112. Statement of exclusive means by which electronic
surveillance and interception of certain communications
may be conducted.''.
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