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HR 117 · in committee · major

Fourth Amendment Restoration Act

What this bill does

  • This bill repeals the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and requires government officers to obtain warrants before surveilling U.S. citizens for foreign intelligence purposes.
  • U.S. citizens are affected, as the bill restricts electronic surveillance, physical property searches, and targeting for intelligence gathering.
  • The bill imposes criminal penalties for unauthorized surveillance and prohibits use of illegally obtained evidence in legal proceedings.

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  1. 01

    How would requiring warrants for all foreign intelligence surveillance affect the government's ability to detect and prevent national security threats?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs might exist between stronger privacy protections for citizens and the speed at which intelligence agencies can respond to foreign threats?

  3. 03

    Who would bear responsibility for determining whether a surveillance target qualifies as a foreign intelligence threat before a warrant is sought?

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Andy Biggs

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Introduced 2025-01-03

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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