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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 2685 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct el... · Sec. 201

Sec. 201. Prohibition on bulk collection

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Section 402(c) ( 50 U.S.C. 1842(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (2)— by striking a certification by the applicant and inserting a statement of the facts and circumstances relied upon by the applicant to justify the belief of the applicant ; and by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: a specific selection term to be used as the basis for the installation or use of the pen register or trap and trace device. .
Section 401 ( 50 U.S.C. 1841 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The term specific selection term — means a term that specifically identifies a person, account, address, or personal device, or another specific identifier, that is used by the Government to narrowly limit the scope of information sought to the greatest extent reasonably practicable, consistent with the purpose for the installation or use of the pen register or trap and trace device; and does not include a term that does not narrowly limit the scope of information sought to the greatest extent reasonably practicable, consistent with the purpose for the installation or use of the pen register or trap and trace device, such as— a term based on a broad geographic region, including a city, State, zip code, or area code, when not used as part of a specific identifier as described in clause (i); or a term identifying an electronic communication service provider (as defined in section 701) or a provider of remote computing service (as that term is defined in section 2711 of title 18, United States Code), when not used as part of a specific identifier as described in clause (i), unless the provider is itself a subject of an authorized investigation for which the specific selection term is used as the basis for the installation or use of the pen register or trap and trace device.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term address means a physical address or electronic address, such as an electronic mail address, temporarily assigned network address, or Internet protocol address. .
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