Sec. 3. Prohibition on warrantless searching of collections of communications collected under executive order for the communications of United States persons
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Section 309 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: Except as provided in clause (ii), no officer or employee of the United States may conduct a search of retained covered communications for a particular United States person (other than a corporation). Clause
(i)shall not apply to a search for communications related to a particular United States person if— such United States person is the subject of an order or emergency authorization authorizing electronic surveillance or physical search under section 105, 304, 703, 704, or 705, or title 18, United States Code, for the effective period of that order; the entity carrying out the search has a reasonable belief that the life or safety of such United States person is threatened and the information is sought for the purpose of assisting that person; or such United States person has consented to the search. . Section 309(b)(3)(A) is amended by striking subparagraph (B). and inserting subparagraphs
(B)and (C). .