Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the or the Uniting and Strengthening American Liberty Act of 2017 . USA Liberty Act of 2017 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. TITLE I—Foreign intelligence surveillance and accountability Sec. 101. Court orders and protection of incidentally collected United States person communications. Sec. 102. Attorney General approval and additional protection of incidentally collected United States person communications.
Sec. 103. Limitation on collection and improvements to targeting procedures and minimization procedures. Sec. 104. Publication of minimization procedures under section 702. Sec. 105. Appointment of amicus curiae for annual certifications. Sec. 106. Increased accountability on incidentally collected communications. Sec. 107. Semiannual reports on certain queries by Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sec. 108. Additional reporting requirements. Sec. 109. Application of certain amendments.
Sec. 110. Sense of Congress on purpose of section 702 and respecting foreign nationals. TITLE II—Safeguards and oversight of privacy and civil liberties Sec. 201. Limitation on retention of certain data. Sec. 202. Improvements to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Sec. 203. Privacy and civil liberties officers. Sec. 204. Whistleblower protections for contractors of the intelligence community. TITLE III—Extension of authorities, increased penalties, reports, and other matters Sec. 301.
Extension of title VII of FISA; effective dates. Sec. 302. Increased penalty for unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material. Sec. 303. Rule of construction regarding criminal penalties for unauthorized use of information acquired under section 702 and unauthorized disclosure of United States person information. Sec. 304. Comptroller General study on unauthorized disclosures and the classification system. Sec. 305. Sense of Congress on information sharing among intelligence community to protect national security.
Sec. 306. Sense of Congress on combating terrorism. Sec. 307. Technical amendments and amendments to improve procedures of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. Sec. 308. Severability. Sec. 309. Rule of construction.