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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 2048 (Introduced in House) — 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 the period at the end 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 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 — is a term that specifically identifies a person, account, address, or personal device, or any other specific identifier; and is used to limit, to the greatest extent reasonably practicable, the scope of information sought, consistent with the purpose for seeking the use of the pen register or trap and trace device.
A specific selection term under subparagraph
(A)does not include an identifier that does not limit, to the greatest extent reasonably practicable, the scope of information sought, consistent with the purpose for seeking the use of the pen register or trap and trace device, such as an identifier that— identifies an electronic communication service provider (as that term is 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 subparagraph (A), unless the provider is itself a subject of an authorized investigation for which the specific selection term is used as the basis for the use; or identifies a broad geographic region, including the United States, a city, a county, a State, a zip code, or an area code, when not used as part of a specific identifier as described in subparagraph (A). For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term address means a physical address or electronic address, such as an electronic mail address or temporarily assigned network address (including an Internet protocol address). Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude the use of multiple terms or identifiers to meet the requirements of subparagraph (A). .
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