Intelligence Activities, Surveillance, Classified Information

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US Congress 113th Congress

Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 [S.2124]
Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 - Makes available to Ukraine for loan guarantees specified funds under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 and funds under prior Acts for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. States that such amounts shall not be considered "assistance" for the purposes of law limiting assistance to Ukraine. Directs the Secretary of State to assist: (1) the government of Ukraine to recover assets linked to acts of corruption by Viktor (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. (consideration: Cr S1703-1706, S1706-1710, S1710-1720) on 03/25/2014

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Civil Liberties Protection Act [S.2093]
Civil Liberties Protection Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to modify the purposes for which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is authorized to apply to a FISA court for an order requiring the production of tangible things (commonly referred to as "business records"). Authorizes the FBI to apply for such a production order for an investigation to protect against international terrorism, clandestine intelligence activities, or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (thus removes the FBI's authority (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Walsh Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/06/2014

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Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014 [S.1995]
Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014 - Title I: Enhancing Punishment for Identity Theft and Other Violations of Data Privacy and Security - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to five years for intentionally or willfully concealing a security breach involving sensitive personally identifiable information when such breach results in economic harm or substantial emotional distress to one or more persons. Makes it unlawful for a service provider to knowingly or intentionally redirect (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/04/2014

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Boko Haram Terrorist Designation Act of 2013 [S.198]
Boko Haram Terrorist Designation Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on whether the Nigerian organization People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad (Boko Haram) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization. Expresses the sense of Congress that Boko Haram meets such criteria and should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization. States that nothing in this Act may be construed to infringe upon Nigeria's sovereignty to combat militant or terrorist groups (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 01/31/2013

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Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014 [S.1976]
Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations requiring each covered entity (proprietorships, partnerships, estates, trusts, cooperatives, and nonprofit and for-profit corporations) that owns or possesses data containing personal information to implement policies and procedures regarding information security practices for the treatment and protection of such information. Establishes procedures to be followed in the event of an information security breach. Requires a covered (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S656-657) on 01/30/2014

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Oversight Workforce Improvement Act of 2014 [S.1953]
Oversight Workforce Improvement Act of 2014 - Exempts from requirements relating to the authority of federal agencies to collect information for investigations: (1) information collected during any evaluation by the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board; and (2) information collected during any audit, investigation, evaluation, or other review conducted by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency or any Office of the Inspector General, including any office of Special Inspector General. Exempts from document (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/16/2014

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A bill to require a report on INF Treaty compliance information sharing. [S.1924]
Directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Director of National Intelligence, to report to Congress regarding information and intelligence sharing with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and NATO countries on compliance issues related to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty).

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 01/14/2014

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Egypt Assistance Reform Act of 2013 [S.1857]
Egypt Assistance Reform Act of 2013 - Title I: Prohibition on Assistance to Governments Following Coups D'Etat - (Sec. 101) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit foreign assistance authorized pursuant to this Act or the Arms Export Control Act from being provided to the government of a foreign country whose democratically elected head of government is deposed by coup d'etat or decree in which the security services of that country play a decisive role. Terminates restrictions 15 days after the Secretary notifies Congress that a democratically (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez Committee On Foreign Relations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Menendez. Without Written Report. on 12/18/2013

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Security Clearance Accountability, Reform, and Enhancement Act [S.1744]
Security Clearance Accountability, Reform, and Enhancement Act - (Sec. 3) Deems an an agency employee to be unfit for federal employment if the agency determines that such employee has engaged in misconduct affecting the integrity of a background investigation, including falsification of any information relating to such an investigation (covered misconduct). Prohibits an individual who has engaged in covered misconduct from being appointed to or continuing to occupy a position that requires the performance of background investigations. Extends (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 12/16/2014

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Freedoms and Privacy Act of 2013 [S.1701]
Freedoms and Privacy Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), with respect to provisions governing the use and disclosure of information obtained under such Act, to require: the application of rules for the use in court proceedings of classified information under the Classified Information Procedures Act to information acquired from electronic surveillance, physical searches, and pen registers and trap and trace devices under FISA; notification to an aggrieved person under FISA of all information that has (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 11/14/2013

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Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act [S.1688]
Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act - Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to the members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in recognition of their superior service and major contributions during World War II.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 11/13/2013

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A bill to provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients, and for other purposes. [S.1683]
Title I: Transfer of Excess United States Naval Vessels - Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013 - (Sec. 102) Authorizes the President to transfer on a grant basis to Mexico, the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigates CURTS and MCCLUSKY. Authorizes the President to transfer on a sale basis the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigates TAYLOR, GARY, CARR, and ELROD to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office of the United States (which is the Taiwan instrumentality designated pursuant to the Taiwan Relations Act). Authorizes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez Became Public Law No: 113-276. on 12/18/2014

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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 [S.1681]
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2014 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Coast Guard; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy (DOE), and Justice (DOJ); (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Became Public Law No: 113-126. on 07/07/2014

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Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2013 [S.1639]
Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to direct the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study and identify any potential threats to privacy protections posed by the integration of unmanned aircraft (drone) systems into the national airspace system, including any potential violations of privacy principles. Directs the Secretary to establish certain procedures to allow for civil operation in the national airspace system of small drone systems that do not meet expedited operational (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 11/04/2013

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FISA Improvements Act of 2013 [S.1631]
FISA Improvements Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to place restrictions on the bulk collection of wire or electronic communications that a FISA court may authorize in response to an application by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for an order requiring the production of tangible things (commonly referred to as business records, including books, records, papers, documents, and other items) for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein By Senator Feinstein From Select Committee On Intelligence Filed Written Report. Report No. 113-119. Additional And Minority Views Filed. on 11/12/2013

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Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 [S.1621]
Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to expand government reporting requirements with respect to surveillance programs under FISA and the USA PATRIOT Act. Permits persons (any individual, including any officer or employee of the federal government, or any group, entity, association, corporation, or foreign power) receiving certain production orders to make public disclosures regarding the categories of orders to which they complied and the total number of users whose information (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Al Franken Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 10/30/2013

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Enhanced Security Clearance Act of 2014 [S.1618]
Enhanced Security Clearance Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of National Intelligence to develop and implement a plan to eliminate the backlog of overdue periodic reinvestigations of individuals determined eligible for access to classified information or eligible to hold a sensitive position (covered individuals). Requires such plan to: (1) use a risk-based approach to identify high-risk populations and prioritize reinvestigations that are due or overdue to be conducted, and (2) use random automated record checks of covered individuals that shall (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Carper With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute And An Amendment To The Title. With Written Report No. 113-283. on 12/02/2014

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Toxic Exposure Research and Military Family Support Act of 2013 [S.1602]
Toxic Exposure Research and Military Family Support Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: select a medical center in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to serve as the national center for the diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants (i.e., a biological child, grandchild, or great-grandchild) of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces that are related to that exposure; establish an advisory board to advise the center, to determine which health (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 10/29/2013

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Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection, and Online Monitoring Act [S.1599]
Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection, and Online Monitoring Act or the USA FREEDOM Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to set forth additional requirements for obtaining orders for business records in counterterrorism investigations, including requiring that the records sought pertain to a foreign power, an agent of a foreign power, or an individual in contact with, or known to a suspected agent of, a foreign power. Requires additional information if (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S7618-7619) on 10/29/2013

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A bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods in recognition of their contributions to the Nation. [S.1587]
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in commemoration of the contributions of Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, two former Navy SEAL members who sacrificed their lives on September 11, 2012, while serving as part of a U.S. diplomatic security detachment in Libya.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 10/28/2013

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