HR 7837 United States House · 118th Congress

Enhancing Intelligence Collection on Foreign Drug Traffickers Act of 2024

This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to explicitly include counternarcotics activities in the definition of "foreign intelligence." Specifically, it adds international drug trafficking - covering synthetic drugs, opioids, cocaine, and related precursors - to the scope of intelligence gathering authorized under FISA. This change directly affects U.S. intelligence agencies (like the NSA and FBI), allowing them to use existing FISA authorities to collect foreign intelligence on drug trafficking networks. The policy shift expands the legal basis for surveillance targeting foreign drug operations without creating new programs or funding.
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Introduced Mar 29, 2024 Last action Mar 29, 2024
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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