H.R. 2588: Preventing Unconstitutional Collection Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-22 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Preventing Unconstitutional Collection Act

Plain summary

Preventing Unconstitutional Collection Act This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require the Department of Justice's and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's procedures for targeting communications of non-U.S. persons located outside the United States to ensure that: (1) only communications sent or received by a targeted person are acquired, and (2) any selection terms used to conduct such acquisition apply to information concerning the sender or recipient and not to the contents of such communications.

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Official text

Preventing Unconstitutional Collection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] · 2 cosponsors

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Scott Perry (R-PA)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2588.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2588 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115