Protecting Americans from Unauthorized Surveillance Act

This bill would create a FISA Oversight Office within the Department of Justice to review every application for surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. If the office finds that probable cause may not be met, it could join the case and challenge the application in court; for surveillance of a U.S. person where probable cause is not clearly met, it would be required to do so. Federal offices filing applications would have to give the office all available evidence about investigations into U.S. persons and notify it of each application. The bill would also require the surveillance courts to appoint an amicus curiae (an outside adviser) for each application, and would require a report to Congress within one year on the office's challenges.

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Sponsors

• Ted Lieu Democrat sponsor
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