To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to reform certain authorities and to provide greater transparency and oversight.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to reform certain authorities and to provide greater transparency and oversight., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Technology, Criminal Justice.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Security And Freedom Enhancement Act of 2024 or the SAFE Act. The table of contents for this Act...
- Section id90eafa458b5d41e2ac6980b157eaeeea: 101. Query procedure reform The Department of Justice shall conduct an audit of a significant representative sample of covered queries, as defined in paragraph...
- Section ide107e31b107d42f5981544baa525f184: 102. Quarterly reports Section 707 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881f) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
- Section id2ab3d178c75f4ebfa690e5546704453b: 103. Accountability procedures for incidents relating to queries conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence...
- Section iddf9c423d0e7349b5b8ba00a538133487: 709. Accountability procedures for incidents relating to queries conducted by the federal bureau of investigation The Director of the Federal Bureau of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to reform certain authorities and to provide greater transparency and oversight., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Technology, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to reform certain authorities and to provide greater transparency and oversight., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Lee, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Daines, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
to obtain by purchasing, to receive in connection with services being provided for monetary or nonmonetary consideration, or to otherwise obtain in exchange for consideration, including an access fee, service fee, maintenance fee, or licensing fee
a query conducted— using a term associated with a United States person or a person reasonably believed to be located in the United States at the time of the query or the time of the communication or creation of the information
an individual who— is reasonably believed to be located in the United States at the time of the creation or acquisition of the covered data
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