S.2011 - A bill entitled "The Protect America Act of 2007".

view all titles (1)

Close

All Bill Titles

  • Official: A bill entitled "The Protect America Act of 2007". as introduced.

This Bill currently has no wiki content. If you would like to create a wiki entry for this bill, please Login, and then select the wiki tab to create it.

Bill's Views

  • Today: 4
  • Past Seven Days: 20
  • All-Time: 2,589
 
Introduced
 

Senate
Defeats
 
House
Passes
 
President
Signs
 

 
08/02/07
 
08/02/07
 
 
 
 
 

Official Bill Text Comment on about 17 Pages

Committees

 

Latest Vote

Result: Bill Defeated - August 03, 2007

Roll call number 310 in the Senate

Question: On Passage of the Bill (S.2011 )

Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 3/5 (60%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes: 43%
Close

Republicans Voting 'Aye'

Close

Others Voting 'Abstain'

 

Official Summary

8/3/2007--Introduced.Protect America Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to provide that a court order is not required for the electronic surveillance of communication between persons who are not located within the United States for collecting fore
Close

Official Summary

8/3/2007--Introduced.
Protect America Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to provide that a court order is not required for the electronic surveillance of communication between persons who are not located within the United States for collecting foreign intelligence information, without respect to whether the communication passes through the United States or the surveillance device is located within the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General (AG) to apply to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Court) for an order, or the extension of an order, authorizing for up to one year the electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes of persons outside the United States. Allows the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the AG to authorize the immediate electronic surveillance (without prior Court order) of persons reasonably believed to be outside the United States if:
(1) the DNI and AG determine that it is in the U.S. national security interest to begin such surveillance; and
(2) the AG submits to the Court, within five days after the commencement of the surveillance, a certification of and application for such surveillance. Authorizes the AG, with respect to an authorized surveillance, to issue a directive to a communications service provider, custodian, or other person to:
(1) furnish all appropriate information, facilities, and assistance necessary to accomplish the surveillance; and
(2) maintain under security procedures any surveillance records. Directs the Inspector General to report to the congressional intelligence and judiciary committees on surveillance conducted during the previous four-month period.


...Read the Rest

FEED

Recent News Coverage

Hmmmm, no news coverage found for this bill at this time. This means that this this bill has not yet been mentioned on a publicly-searchable news website by either its official number (for example, "H.R. 3200") or title (for example, "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009"). As soon as that changes, our daily automated search across the Web will catch it and include it here. If this bill is of interest to you, you can write a letter to the editor referring to this bill by name, and if your letter is published on the Web, a link back your letter will appear here within about one day. Or, if you know of a news article about this bill to display here, email us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: Our editorial team will post relevant links as quickly as possible. Thanks for helping to build public knowledge about Congress.

Information made available by Daily Life
FEED

Recent Blog Coverage

View All (13)  |  View Top Rated

09/14/08
S. 2011 - “The Protect America Act of 2007″

Vote Date: August 3, 2007. Joseph Biden - (D - DE) - Yes. John McCain - (R - AZ) - No Vote. Barack Obama - (D - IL) - Yes. Summary:. A bill entitled “The Protect America Act of 2007″. More Information: ...

Source: Just The Votes
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/08/08
Considering Barack Obama, part 3

Obama actually voted against Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell's version (S.1927), which was the version that passed, but the day before he voted for Michigan Democrat Carl Levin's very similar version (S.2011, ...

Source: Durham Spark - Durham, North Carolina, USA
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/01/08
You are probably already aware of the battle between Congress and ...

Anyway, S.2011 would have provided for the continued medical assistance for many people who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid but who make too little money to afford adequate health insurance to pay for their own health care. ...

Source: bill call
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
Information made available by Technorati









Vote on This Bill

-% Users Support Bill

0 in favor / 0 opposed
 

Send Your Senator a Letter

about this bill Support Oppose Tracking
Track with MyOC
Save to Notebook Make A Bill Widget

Recent OC Blog Articles

OpenCongress is a free and open-source project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to increase civic engagement. The non-profit Sunlight Foundation is the Founding and Primary Supporter of OpenCongress.