[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4454 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4454

 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure 
 that politically derived information is not used in an application to 
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I 
                          or III of such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2023

  Mr. Turner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select 
 Committee on Intelligence, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure 
 that politically derived information is not used in an application to 
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I 
                          or III of such Act.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF POLITICALLY DERIVED INFORMATION IN 
              APPLICATIONS FOR CERTAIN ORDERS BY THE FOREIGN 
              INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT.

    (a) Title I Orders.--Section 104(a)(6) of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1804) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the semicolon and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                            ``(F) that none of the information included 
                        in the statement described in paragraph (3) was 
                        solely produced by, derived from, or collected 
                        using funds of, a political organization (as 
                        defined in section 527 of the Internal Revenue 
                        Code of 1986) for the purpose of gaining an 
                        advantage against, or otherwise conducting 
                        research on, an opposing political candidate, 
                        unless--
                                    ``(i) the political organization 
                                that produced the information is 
                                clearly identified in the body of the 
                                statement;
                                    ``(ii) the information has been 
                                corroborated by other investigative 
                                techniques; and
                                    ``(iii) the investigative 
                                techniques used to corroborate the 
                                information are clearly identified in 
                                the body of the statement.''.
    (b) Title III Orders.--Section 303(a)(6) of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1823) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the semicolon and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                            ``(F) that none of the information included 
                        in the statement described in paragraph (3) was 
                        solely produced by, derived from, or collected 
                        using funds of, a political organization (as 
                        defined in section 527 of the Internal Revenue 
                        Code of 1986) for the purpose of gaining an 
                        advantage against, or otherwise conducting 
                        research on, an opposing political candidate, 
                        unless--
                                    ``(i) the political organization 
                                that produced the information is 
                                clearly identified in the body of the 
                                statement;
                                    ``(ii) the information has been 
                                corroborated by other investigative 
                                techniques; and
                                    ``(iii) the investigative 
                                techniques used to corroborate the 
                                information are clearly identified in 
                                the body of the statement.''.
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