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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 6570 (Reported in House) — To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to reform certain authorities and to provide greater trans... · Sec. 6

Sec. 6. Application for an order approving electronic surveillance

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Section 104(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1804(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (6)(E)(ii), by inserting before the semicolon at the end (and a description of such techniques) ; in paragraph (8), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by inserting after paragraph
(9)the following: all information material to the application, including any information that tends to rebut— any allegation set forth in the application; or the existence of probable cause to believe that— the target of the electronic surveillance is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power; and each of the facilities or places at which the electronic surveillance is directed is being used, or is about to be used, by a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power. . Section 104 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1804 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The statement of facts and circumstances under subsection (a)(3) may only include information obtained from the content of a media source or information gathered by a political campaign if— such information is disclosed in the application as having been so obtained or gathered; and such information is not the sole source of the information used to justify the applicant’s belief described in subsection (a)(3). . Section 105(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1805(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (3), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the statement of facts and circumstances under subsection (a)(3) may only include information obtained from the content of a media source or information gathered by a political campaign if— such information is disclosed in the application as having been so obtained or gathered; and such information is not the sole source of the information used to justify the applicant’s belief described in subsection (a)(3). .
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