Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote on a motion to invoke cloture on a bill that prohibits the collection of telephone records of certain individuals.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the FBI from collecting daily call detail records of an individual except under the following circumstances (Sec. 101):
• The agency provides a statement of facts implying that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the records are relevant to an investigation; and 
• The agency provides a statement of facts implying that the individual is associated with a foreign power or agent engaged in international terrorism.

• Requires the Director of National Intelligence to make an annual public report detailing certain identification measures including, but not limited to, the following measures (Sec. 603):
• The number of individuals communications were collected from; and 
• The number of those individuals who were believed to be in the United States.

• Requires the presiding judges of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to jointly appoint at least 5 attorneys to serve as special advocates to the court (Sec. 401).

• Specifies that the appointed attorneys to the Court will possess expertise in privacy and civil liberties, intelligence collection, tele-communications, and any other relevant area (Sec. 401).

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