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Version 79 · Reported to House without amendment · Jun 23, 2006
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Requests the President, and directs the Attorney General, to submit to the House of Representatives, within 14 days of the adoption of this resolution, all documents in the possession of the President and the Attorney General, including all legal opinions, relating to requests made without a warrant by the National Security Agency (NSA) or other federal departments and agencies to telephone service providers, including wireless telephone service providers, for access to telephone communications records of persons in the United States (other than as authorized under titile I (Electronic Surveillance) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) or specified federal criminal law), subject to necessary redactions or requirements for handling classified documents.
People & committees
Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] · D–FL
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Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 203.
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-527.
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-527.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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