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A bill to safeguard intelligence collection and enact a fair and responsible reauhtorization of the 3 expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvements and Reauthorization Act.

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S 2336 ISCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
111th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
S. 2336CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
To safeguard intelligence collection and enact a fair and responsible reauthorization of the 3 expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvements and Reauthorization Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
October 29, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
October 29, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. LIEBERMAN, and Mr. BOND) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
To safeguard intelligence collection and enact a fair and responsible reauthorization of the 3 expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvements and Reauthorization Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘USA PATRIOT Reauthorization Act of 2009’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SEC. 2. USA PATRIOT IMPROVEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT SUNSET PROVISIONS.
(a) In General- Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (
(b) Conforming Amendments-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) IN GENERAL- Section 601(a)(1)(D) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (
(2) APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 404 OF THE FISA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008- Section 404(b)(4)(A) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (
‘(D) access to records under section 502 or under section 501 pursuant to section 102(b)(2) the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (
Public Law 109-177 ;50 U.S.C. 1861 note);’.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on December 31, 2013.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF SUNSET RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL TERRORISTS AS AGENTS OF FOREIGN POWERS.
(a) In General- Section 6001(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (
‘(b) Sunset-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(1) REPEAL- Subparagraph (C) of section 101(b)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (
50 U.S.C. 1801(b)(1) ), as added by subsection (a), is repealed effective December 31, 2013.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink‘(2) TRANSITION PROVISION- Notwithstanding paragraph (1), subparagraph (C) of section 101(b)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (
50 U.S.C. 1801(b)(1) ) shall continue to apply after December 31, 2013, with respect to any particular foreign intelligence investigation or with respect to any particular offense or potential offense that began or occurred before December 31, 2013.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Conforming Amendment-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) IN GENERAL- Section 601(a)(2) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on December 31, 2013.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SEC. 4. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS.
‘(b) Nondisclosure-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(1) IN GENERAL-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(A) NOTICE- If a recipient of a request or order for a report, records, or other information under section 2709 of this title, section 626 or 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (
15 U.S.C. 1681u and 1681v), section 1114 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3414 ), or section 802 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 436 ), wishes to have a court review a nondisclosure requirement imposed in connection with the request or order, the recipient shall notify the Government.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink‘(B) APPLICATION- Not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of a notification under subparagraph (A), the Government shall apply for an order prohibiting the disclosure of the existence or contents of the relevant request or order. An application under this subparagraph may be filed in the district court of the United States for any district within which the authorized investigation that is the basis for the request or order is being conducted. The applicable nondisclosure requirement shall remain in effect during the pendency of proceedings relating to the requirement.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(C) CONSIDERATION- A district court of the United States that receives an application under subparagraph (B) should rule expeditiously, and shall, subject to paragraph (3), issue a nondisclosure order that includes conditions appropriate to the circumstances.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(2) APPLICATION CONTENTS- An application for a nondisclosure order or extension thereof under this subsection shall include a certification from the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, an Assistant Attorney General, or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or in the case of a request by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government other than the Department of Justice, the head or deputy head of the department, agency, or instrumentality, containing a statement of specific facts indicating that, absent a prohibition of disclosure under this subsection, there may result--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(A) a danger to the national security of the United States;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(B) interference with a criminal, counterterrorism, or counterintelligence investigation;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(C) interference with diplomatic relations; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(D) danger to the life or physical safety of any person.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(3) STANDARD- A district court of the United States shall issue a nondisclosure requirement order or extension thereof under this subsection if the court determines, giving substantial weight to the certification under paragraph (2) that there is reason to believe that disclosure of the information subject to the nondisclosure requirement during the applicable time period will result in--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(A) a danger to the national security of the United States;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(B) interference with a criminal, counterterrorism, or counterintelligence investigation;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(C) interference with diplomatic relations; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(D) danger to the life or physical safety of any person.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of S.2336 as Introduced in Senate USA PATRIOT Reauthorization Act of 2009



