H.R. 4454 – To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that polit…

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The bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to stop the use of information that comes solely from political organizations in applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for Title I (electronic surveillance) or Title III (wiretap) orders. It requires that any politically derived information be clearly identified, corroborated by other investigative methods, and that those methods be disclosed in the application. The change affects government agencies seeking FISA orders and helps ensure political data isn’t used to gain advantage against political candidates.

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Adds a new requirement (subparagraph F) to Title I order applications stating that no information may be solely produced, derived from, or funded by a political organization for political advantage unless the organization is identified, the information is corroborated, and the corroborating techniques are disclosed.
Adds the same new requirement to Title III order applications, mirroring the language for wiretap orders.
Makes minor punctuation edits to existing subparagraphs to accommodate the new language.

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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.

Judiciary Committee

June 30, 2023

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June 30, 2023

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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.

Judiciary Committee

June 30, 2023

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Introduced in HouseIssued June 30, 2023

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118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4454

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 30, 2023

Mr. Turner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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

A BILL

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act.

1.

Prohibition on use of politically derived information in applications for certain orders by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

(a)

Title I orders

Section 104(a)(6) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1804) is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon;

(2)

in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and; and

(3)

by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:

(F)

that none of the information included in the statement described in paragraph (3) was solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization (as defined in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for the purpose of gaining an advantage against, or otherwise conducting research on, an opposing political candidate, unless—

(i)

the political organization that produced the information is clearly identified in the body of the statement;

(ii)

the information has been corroborated by other investigative techniques; and

(iii)

the investigative techniques used to corroborate the information are clearly identified in the body of the statement.

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(b)

Title III orders

Section 303(a)(6) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1823) is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon;

(2)

in subparagraph (E), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and; and

(3)

by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:

(F)

that none of the information included in the statement described in paragraph (3) was solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization (as defined in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for the purpose of gaining an advantage against, or otherwise conducting research on, an opposing political candidate, unless—

(i)

the political organization that produced the information is clearly identified in the body of the statement;

(ii)

the information has been corroborated by other investigative techniques; and

(iii)

the investigative techniques used to corroborate the information are clearly identified in the body of the statement.

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