A bipartisan bill to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...
A bipartisan bill to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was among those introduced Thurs. -- day one of the 110th Congress. FISA will generate several bills. Senate Judiciary Committee Chmn. Leahy (D-Vt.) plans hearings and a package…
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later in the session. A bill by Reps. Schiff (D-Cal.) and Flake (R-Ariz.) would keep FISA courts supervising domestic electronic surveillance and address topics raised in bills that died last Congress. The 2 want to extend emergency electronic surveillance authority from 72 hours to 7 days so investigators can start surveillance in urgent situations without FISA court warrants. Along with requiring 24-hour turnaround on FISA applications, the bill would authorize hiring of more FISA court judges to speed the process. FISA would be the only law under which authorities could conduct domestic electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence, with no exceptions under the military force authorizations statute. The bill would require congressional oversight of any electronic surveillance, with reports to the Intelligence Committees mandatory and access to them granted the Judiciary Committee.