S 2248 · 110th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
Bill Progress
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Introduced✓
Committee✓
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: See also H.R.3773.(2008-02-12)
Recorded Votes
PassedSenate · 2008-02-12
Roll #20 ↗Yea 68Nay 29
PassedSenate · 2008-02-12
Roll #20 ↗Yea 68Nay 29
PassedSenate · 2008-01-24
Roll #2 ↗Yea 60Nay 36
Plain Language Summary
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2007 or FISA Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to authorize the Attorney General (AG) and Director of National Intelligence to jointly authorize, for periods up to one year, the targeting (electronic surveillance) of persons located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information. Requires specified targeting and surveillance minimization procedures to be followed, with Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Court) review of such procedures. States that chapters 119 (Wire and Electronic Communications Interception and Interception of Oral Communications) and 121 (Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Access) of the federal criminal code and FISA shall be the exclusive means by which electronic surveillance and interception of domestic communications may be conducted. Requires the AG to submit semiannually to the congressional intelligence committees copies of any orders of the Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that include significant construction or interpretation of FISA. Revises g…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeS. 2248, FISA Amendments Act of 2007
Oct 26, 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on October 18, 2007</p>
Full CBO report ↗S. 2248, FISA Amendments Act of 2007
Oct 26, 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on October 18, 2007
Full CBO report ↗S. 2248, FISA Amendments Act of 2007
Dec 7, 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 16, 2007</p>
Full CBO report ↗S. 2248, FISA Amendments Act of 2007
Dec 7, 2007Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 16, 2007
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office