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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 5488 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Prohibition on use of politically derived information in applications for certain orders by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

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Section 104(a)(6) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1804 ) is amended— in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and ; and by adding after subparagraph
(E)the following new subparagraph: that none of the facts or circumstances included in the statement described in paragraph
(3)were solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization (as defined in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for the purpose of gaining an advantage against, or otherwise conducting research on, an opposing political candidate. . Section 303(a)(6) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1823 ) is amended— in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (E), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and ; and by adding after subparagraph
(E)the following new subparagraph: that none of the facts or circumstances included in the statement described in paragraph
(3)were solely produced by, derived from, or collected using funds of, a political organization (as defined in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for the purpose of gaining an advantage against, or otherwise conducting research on, an opposing political candidate. .
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