S.Amdt. 3959Senate110th Congress (2007-2009)2nd degree

S.Amdt. 3959

Submitted January 28, 2008

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Senate amendment submitted

January 28, 2008

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SA 3959. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3903 submitted by Mr. Kyl and intended to be
proposed 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 1, line 2, strike ``Exception'' and all that
follows through line 7 and insert the following:
``Application of paragraph (2).--Paragraph (2) shall apply to
an acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other
surveillance device outside the United States only if the
targeted United States person has a reasonable expectation of
privacy and a warrant would be required if the acquisition
were conducted inside the United States for law enforcement
purposes.''.

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