S.1452: Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about armed forces and national security
  • Introduced Aug. 1, 2013
  • Latest Major Action Nov. 13, 2013

Bill Sponsor

Bill Summary

Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to expand government reporting requirements with respect to surveillance programs under FISA and the USA PATRIOT Act. Permits persons (any individual, including any officer or employee of the federal government, or any group, entity, association, corporation, or foreign power) receiving certain production orders to make public disclosures...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Nov. 13, 2013
Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-365.
Aug. 1, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug. 1, 2013

Introduced in the Senate by Al Franken (D-Minn.)

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