S.Amdt. 3938Senate110th Congress (2007-2009)2nd degree

To include prohibitions on the international proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

Submitted January 25, 2008

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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3938 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S880, S886-887)

February 12, 2008

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Amendment SA 3938 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3938 proposed by Senator Bond to Amendment SA 3911.(consideration: CR S647-648; text as modified: CR S647)

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Amendment SA 3938 proposed by Senator Bond to Amendment SA 3911. (consideration: CR S647-648; text as modified: CR S647) To include prohibitions on the international proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

February 5, 2008

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January 25, 2008

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SA 3938. Mr. BOND 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:

Strike section 103 and insert the following:

SEC. 103. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

(a) Definitions.--
(1) Foreign power.--Subsection (a)(4) of section 101 of the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C.
1801(a)(4)) is amended by inserting ``, the international
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,'' after
``international terrorism''.
(2) Agent of a foreign power.--Subsection (b)(1) of such
section 101 is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
``(D) engages in the international proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction, or activities in preparation therefor;
or

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``(E) engages in the international proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction, or activities in preparation therefor,
for or on behalf of a foreign power; or''.
(3) Foreign intelligence information.--Subsection (e)(1)(B)
of such section 101 is amended by striking ``sabotage or
international terrorism'' and inserting ``sabotage,
international terrorism, or the international proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction''.
(4) Weapon of mass destruction.--Such section 101 is
amended by inserting after subsection (o) the following:
``(p) `Weapon of mass destruction' means--
``(1) any destructive device (as such term is defined in
section 921 of title 18, United States Code) that is intended
or has the capability to cause death or serious bodily injury
to a significant number of people;
``(2) any weapon that is designed or intended to cause
death or serious bodily injury through the release,
dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals or
their precursors;
``(3) any weapon involving a biological agent, toxin, or
vector (as such terms are defined in section 178 of title 18,
United States Code); or
``(4) any weapon that is designed to release radiation or
radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life.''.
(b) Use of Information.--
(1) In general.--Section 106(k)(1)(B) of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C.
1806(k)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``sabotage or
international terrorism'' and inserting ``sabotage,
international terrorism, or the international proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction''.
(2) Physical searches.--Section 305(k)(1)(B) of such Act
(50 U.S.C. 1825(k)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``sabotage
or international terrorism'' and inserting ``sabotage,
international terrorism, or the international proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction''.
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