[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8549 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8549

 To prohibit the retention of incidentally acquired communications in 
           the course of intelligence collection activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 2020

  Mr. Amash introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the retention of incidentally acquired communications in 
           the course of intelligence collection activities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF RETENTION OF INCIDENTALLY ACQUIRED 
              COMMUNICATIONS IN THE COURSE OF INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION 
              ACTIVITIES.

    Section 309(b)(3)(A) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 1813) is amended by striking ``and shall 
permit the acquisition, retention, and dissemination of covered 
communications subject to the limitation in subparagraph (B)''.
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