An Act to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve foreign intelligence collection and the safeguards, accountability, and oversight of acquisitions of foreign intelligence, to extend title VII of such Act, and for other purposes. (2018; 115th Congress S. 139)

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About the bill

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017. The bill would extend so-called "section 702" government surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

The bill was originally introduced and passed the Senate in 2017 as the Rapid DNA Act, a bill to expand the use of DNA in law enforcement. In August 2017, its identical companion bill H.R. 510 was enacted in its place. On January 11, 2018, the House replaced the text of this bill, which had become moot by the ...

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Sponsor and status

Orrin Hatch

Sponsor. Senator for Utah. Republican.

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Last Updated: Jan 19, 2018
Length: 20 pages

Introduced:

Jan 12, 2017
115^th Congress, 2017–2019

Status:

Enacted — Signed by the President on Jan 19, 2018

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on January 19, 2018.

Law:

Pub.L. 115-118

Incorporated legislation

This bill incorporates provisions from:

H.R. 4478: FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017

Introduced on Nov 29, 2017. 69% incorporated. (compare text)

S. 2158: USA Liberty Act of 2017

Introduced on Nov 16, 2017. 35% incorporated. (compare text)

History

Jan 12, 2017		Introduced Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. Read Text »
May 11, 2017		Ordered Reported A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee. Read Updated Text » See Changes »
May 16, 2017		Passed Senate (House next) The bill was passed in a vote in the Senate. It goes to the House next. The vote was by Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made. Read Updated Text » See Changes »
Jan 11, 2018		Passed House The bill was passed by both chambers in identical form. It goes to the President next who may sign or veto the bill. View Vote » Read Updated Text » See Changes »
Jan 11, 2018		Text Published Updated bill text was published as of Passed the House with an Amendment. Read Updated Text » See Changes »
Jan 18, 2018		Senate Agreed to Changes The bill was passed by both chambers in identical form. It goes to the President next who may sign or veto the bill. View Vote »
Jan 19, 2018		Enacted — Signed by the President The President signed the bill and it became law.

S. 139 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

This bill was introduced in the 115^th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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S. 139 (115th): An Act to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve foreign intelligence collection and the safeguards, accountability, and oversight of acquisitions of foreign intelligence, to extend title VII of such Act, and for other purposes.