Introduced on June 7, 2013 | ||
Full title A bill to stop the National Security Agency from spying on citizens of the United States and for other purposes. Introduced in | ||
The Fourth Amendment Restoration Act is a proposed bill introduced by Senator Rand Paul on June 7, 2013. It "provides that the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution shall not be construed to allow any U.S. government agency to search the phone records of Americans without a warrant based on probable cause."
The bill was authored in light of the Global Surveillance Disclosures of 2013, which Sen. Paul said "represents an outrageous abuse of power."
Findings and enactment
The bill lists for findings of Congress:
The bill then states: "The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution shall not be construed to allow any agency of the United States Government to search the phone records of Americans without a warrant based on probable cause."
References
Fourth Amendment Restoration Act Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA