To place flexible limits on the use of information obtained using unlawful procedures.
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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 3915 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 56. Record Vote Number: 11.
February 7, 2008
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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 3915 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 56. Record Vote Number: 11.
February 7, 2008
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 3915 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 56. Record Vote Number: 11.
February 7, 2008
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S775, S775-777)
February 7, 2008
Amendment SA 3915 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 56. Record Vote Number: 11.
February 7, 2008
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S688)
February 6, 2008
Considered by Senate.
February 5, 2008
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3915 proposed by Senator Feingold to Amendment SA 3911.(consideration: CR S577-580; text: CR S577)
February 4, 2008
Amendment SA 3915 proposed by Senator Feingold to Amendment SA 3911. (consideration: CR S577-580; text: CR S577) To place flexible limits on the use of information obtained using unlawful procedures.
February 4, 2008
Senate amendment submitted
January 24, 2008
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
Amendments
1 amendmentOffered to this amendment
Amendments
1 amendmentOffered to this amendment
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Submitted
SA 3915. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Dodd) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3911 proposed by Mr. Rockefeller (for himself and Mr. Bond) 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: On page 17, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 18, line 11, and insert the following: ``(B) Correction of deficiencies.-- ``(i) In general.--If the Court finds that a certification required by subsection (f) does not contain all of the required elements, or that the procedures required by subsections (d) and (e) are not consistent with the requirements of those subsections or the fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Court shall issue an order directing the Government to, at the Government's election and to the extent required by the Court's order-- ``(I) correct any deficiency identified by the Court's order not later than 30 days after the date the Court issues the order; or ``(II) cease the acquisition authorized under subsection (a). ``(ii) Limitation on use of information.-- ``(I) In general.--Except as provided in subclause (II), no information obtained or evidence derived from an acquisition under clause (i)(I) concerning any United States person shall be received in evidence or otherwise disclosed in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, office, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of the United States, a State, or political subdivision thereof, and no information concerning any United States person acquired from such acquisition shall subsequently be used or disclosed in any other manner by Federal officers or employees without the consent of such person, except with the approval of the Attorney General if the information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm to any person. ``(II) Exception.--If the Government corrects any deficiency identified by the Court's order under clause (i), the Court may permit the use or disclosure of information acquired before the date of the correction pursuant to such minimization procedures as the Court shall establish for purposes of this clause. ______