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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 5488
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Mr. TURNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select Com-
mittee 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF POLITICALLY DE-
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RIVED INFORMATION IN APPLICATIONS FOR
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CERTAIN ORDERS BY THE FOREIGN INTEL-
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LIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT.
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(a) TITLE I ORDERS.—Section 104(a)(6) of the For-
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eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C.
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1804) is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; and’’
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and inserting a semicolon;
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(2) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the
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semicolon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by adding after subparagraph (E) the fol-
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lowing new subparagraph:
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‘‘(F) that none of the facts or cir-
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cumstances included in the statement de-
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scribed in paragraph (3) were solely pro-
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duced by, derived from, or collected using
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funds of, a political organization (as de-
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fined in section 527 of the Internal Rev-
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enue Code of 1986) for the purpose of
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gaining an advantage against, or otherwise
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conducting research on, an opposing polit-
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ical candidate.’’.
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(b) TITLE III ORDERS.—Section 303(a)(6) of the
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C.
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1823) is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; and’’
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and inserting a semicolon;
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(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the semi-
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colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by adding after subparagraph (E) the fol-
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lowing new subparagraph:
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‘‘(F) that none of the facts or cir-
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cumstances included in the statement de-
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scribed in paragraph (3) were solely pro-
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duced by, derived from, or collected using
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funds of, a political organization (as de-
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fined in section 527 of the Internal Rev-
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enue Code of 1986) for the purpose of
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gaining an advantage against, or otherwise
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conducting research on, an opposing polit-
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ical candidate.’’.
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