Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

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United States federal statute surveillance law

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the procedures for physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information, particularly for national security and counterintelligence purposes.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act canonical	27
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978	15
FISA	2
Section 702 of FISA	1
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ surveillance law ⓘ
abbreviation	FISC ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Department of Justice ⓘ United States Intelligence Community ⓘ surface form: United States intelligence community
amendedBy	FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ⓘ Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ⓘ USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
appliesTo	agents of foreign powers ⓘ communications service providers in the United States ⓘ foreign powers ⓘ
citation	50 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq. ⓘ
containsProvision	Section 215 business records provision ⓘ Section 702 targeting non-U.S. persons reasonably believed to be outside the United States ⓘ Title I electronic surveillance ⓘ Title III physical searches ⓘ Title IV pen registers and trap and trace devices ⓘ
controversy	bulk collection of telephony metadata ⓘ privacy and civil liberties implications ⓘ warrantless surveillance concerns ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1978-10-25 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1978 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ⓘ Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ⓘ surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
jurisdiction	United States domestic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	FBI foreign intelligence investigations ⓘ National Security Agency surveillance programs ⓘ
oversightBy	United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
primaryPurpose	govern electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes ⓘ govern physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes ⓘ regulate foreign intelligence surveillance ⓘ support counterintelligence investigations ⓘ support national security investigations ⓘ
regulates	access to business records for foreign intelligence purposes ⓘ electronic surveillance ⓘ pen register and trap and trace devices ⓘ physical searches ⓘ
relatedTo	Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ United States national security law ⓘ
requires	judicial authorization for certain foreign intelligence surveillance ⓘ
shortName	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: FISA
signedBy	Jimmy Carter ⓘ
standardOfProof	probable cause that the target is a foreign power or agent of a foreign power ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Title 50 of the United States Code → relatedTo → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

intelligence elements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation → legalBasis → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

USA PATRIOT Act → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act → shortName → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: FISA

National Security Division → ensuresComplianceWith → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court → legalBasis → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court → createdBy → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

National Security Letters → relatedTo → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

subject surface form: National Security Letter

National Security Agency → usesLegalAuthority → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

95th Congress → passedLegislation → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

subject surface form: 95th United States Congress

Public Law 108-458 → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

Public Law 107-56 → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

FISC → legalBasis → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

FISC → legalBasisAbbreviation → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: FISA

FISC → establishedBy → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

FISA Amendments Act of 2008 → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

FISA Amendments Act of 2008 → containsProvision → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 702 of FISA

Church Committee → resultedIn → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

USA FREEDOM Act → reforms → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

USA FREEDOM Act → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review → legalBasis → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review → establishedBy → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review → relatedTo → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

United States national security apparatus → legalFramework → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Executive Order 12333 → relatedTo → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

PRISM → legalBasis → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Stellar Wind → regulatedBy → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

PRISM surveillance program → legalBasis → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

subject surface form: PRISM

FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 → appliesTo → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 → relatedTo → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Clapper v. Amnesty International USA → concernsStatute → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Protect America Act of 2007 → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

FAA → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

subject surface form: FISA Amendments Act of 2008

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

United States national security law → keyStatute → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities → relatedTo → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Public Law 114-23 → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

H.R. 2048 → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

Public Law 110-261 → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 → affectsStatute → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Public Law 109-177 → amends → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

Wiretap Act → relatedTo → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Terrorist Surveillance Program → relatedToLaw → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

United States intelligence community in signals intelligence → governedBy → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

United States Intelligence Activities → governedBy → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

Special Source Operations division of the NSA → legalFramework → Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Special Source Operations