S 3001 · 109th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Improvement and Enhancement Act of 2006
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EnactedLatest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.(2006-09-13)
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Improvement and Enhancement Act of 2006 - Prescribes the federal law provisions governing domestic electronic surveillance. Amends title I (Electronic Surveillance) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to prohibit any provision of law from being construed to repeal or modify any provision of such title in any manner unless such provision of law, if enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act, expressly amends or otherwise specifically cites such title. Directs the President to brief each member of the congressional intelligence committees on: (1) the Terrorist Surveillance Program of the National Security Agency (NSA); and (2) any program which involves the electronic surveillance of U.S. persons in the United States for foreign intelligence purposes which is conducted by any federal department or entity without fully complying with the prescribed federal law provisions. Revises FISA provisions concerning electronic surveillance to: (1) extend the period for the application for orders for emergency electronic surveillance; (2) permit the Attorney General (AG) to delegate authority to approve electronic surveillance ap…
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