H.R. 6353: To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the United States Government from accessing and using information of United States persons collected under section 702 of such Act without a warrant.

H.R. 6353: To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the United States Government from accessing and using information of United States persons collected under section 702 of such Act without a warrant.

115th Congress · introduced 2018-07-12 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-07-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the United States Government from accessing and using information of United States persons collected under section 702 of such Act without a warrant.

Plain summary

This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the U.S. government from accessing information concerning a U.S. person acquired under that Act unless pursuant to a warrant. This prohibition applies regardless of whether such information is incidentally collected. The bill bars the use in evidence of any such information against a U.S. person in a criminal proceeding unless pursuant to such a warrant.

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Official text

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the United States Government from accessing and using information of United States persons collected under section 702 of such Act without a warrant.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · 0 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr6353.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr6353 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115