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S. 139 // January 18, 2018

FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: ORRIN HATCH (R-UT)

TITLE I--ENHANCEMENTS TO FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND SAFEGUARDS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND OVERSIGHT (Sec. 101) This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to adopt querying procedures consistent with the requirements of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution for information collected pursuant to an authorization under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) provisions for targeting non-U.S. persons outside the United States. Such procedures shall include a technical procedure whereby a record is kept of each U.S. person query term used for a query.

Armed Forces and National Security Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

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Won the vote · Yea

65 votes, representing 170,849,014 people67.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

34 votes, representing 79,626,119 people31.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon6567.5%
NayLost3431.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.1%