Hey anons bear with me, may have found something in regards to this FISA deal.
>direct link to bill for reference:
https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-116hr6172ih.pdf
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020’’.
SEC. 205. PENALTIES FOR OFFENSES RELATED TO FISA.
(a) FALSE DECLARATIONS BEFORE FISC AND FISCR.—Section 1623(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting before ‘‘, or both’’ the following: ‘‘or, if such proceedings are before or ancillary to the For- eign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intel- ligence Surveillance Court of Review established by section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803),
imprisoned not more than eight years’’.
(b) INCREASED PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE.—Section 109(c) (50 U.S.C. 1809(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘eight years’’.
(c) UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF APPLICA- TIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 109 (50 U.S.C. 1809) is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘intentionally’’;
(B) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘intentionally’’ before
‘‘engages in’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a
semicolon;
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘intentionally’’ before ‘‘disclose or uses’’; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) is an employee, officer, or contractor of the United States Government and intentionally dis- closes an application, or classified information con- tained therein, for an order under any title of this Act to any person not entitled to receive classified information.’’.
So, they added a more severe punishment for false declarations and leaking or unauthorized disclosure right?
TITLE II—ACCURACY AND INTEGRITY OF FISA PROCESS SEC. 201. CERTIFICATIONS REGARDING ACCURACY OF FISA
APPLICATIONS.
(a) TITLE I.—Subsection (a) of section 104 (50 U.S.C. 1804) is amended—
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(f) REVIEW OF CASE FILES TO ENSURE ACCURACY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall prescribe regulations regarding case files to ensure that applications submitted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court are accurate and complete.