A bill to extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for other purposes.

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 21, 2015

Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until December 31, 2020, expiring provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) concerning: (1) FISA court orders approving roving electronic surveillance, (2) requests for FISA court orders that allow the government to require the production of business records and other tangible things for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, and (3) a revised definition of "agent of a foreign power" that allows surveillance of individual non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as the "lone wolf" provision). (Currently, such provisions are scheduled to expire on June 1, 2015.)

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Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] · R–KY

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Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]

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Apr 22, 2015
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.
Apr 21, 2015
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2305)
Apr 21, 2015
Introduced in Senate

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S 1357 · A bill to extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 until July 31, 2015, and for other purposes.

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1035

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Discuss S.1035, 114th Congress: A bill to extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1035

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 2015-04-22.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1035/BILLS-114s1035pcs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-05T16:19:03Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss S.1035, 114th Congress: A bill to extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1035

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 2015-04-22.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1035/BILLS-114s1035pcs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-05T16:19:03Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss S.1035, 114th Congress: A bill to extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1035

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 2015-04-22.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1035/BILLS-114s1035pcs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-05T16:19:03Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine S.1035 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.